Ubuntu Security Update USN-5770-1: GCC vulnerability

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Todd Eisenberger discovered that certain versions of GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) could be made to clobber the status flag of RDRAND and RDSEED with specially crafted input. This could potentially lead to less randomness in random number generation.

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