Ubuntu Security Update USN-4326-1: libiberty vulnerabilities

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libiberty vulnerabilities


A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary


Several security issues were fixed in libiberty.

Software Description

• libiberty - library of utility functions used by GNU programs

Details


It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libiberty 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 versions:

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libiberty-dev - 20170913-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libiberty-dev - 20160215-1ubuntu0.3

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-2018-12641
• CVE-2018-12697
• CVE-2018-12698
• CVE-2018-12934
• CVE-2018-17794
• CVE-2018-17985
• CVE-2018-18483
• CVE-2018-18484
• CVE-2018-18700
• CVE-2018-18701
• CVE-2018-9138
• CVE-2019-14250
• CVE-2019-9070
• CVE-2019-9071

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