eglibc vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
GNU C Library could be made to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash if it received a specially crafted input.
Software Description
Jakub Wilk discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain memory alignments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
libc6 - 2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
libc6 - 2.15-0ubuntu10.22
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
GNU C Library could be made to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash if it received a specially crafted input.
Software Description
- eglibc - GNU C Library
Jakub Wilk discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled certain memory alignments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
libc6 - 2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
libc6 - 2.15-0ubuntu10.22
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.
References
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