Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3570-1
14th February, 2018
advancecomp vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
AdvanceCOMP could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
Joonun Jang discovered that AdvanceCOMP incorrectly handled certain
malformed zip files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted zip file, a remote attacker could cause
AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 17.10:
advancecomp 2.0-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
advancecomp 1.20-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
advancecomp 1.18-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2018-1056
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14th February, 2018
advancecomp vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
AdvanceCOMP could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- advancecomp - collection of recompression utilities
Joonun Jang discovered that AdvanceCOMP incorrectly handled certain
malformed zip files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted zip file, a remote attacker could cause
AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 17.10:
advancecomp 2.0-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
advancecomp 1.20-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
advancecomp 1.18-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2018-1056
Continue reading...
