USN-3309-2: Libtasn1 vulnerability
Publication date
18 July 2017
Overview
Libtasn1 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- libtasn1-3 - Library to manage ASN.1 structures
Details
Jakub Jirasek discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain
assignments files. If a user were tricked into processing a specially
crafted assignments file, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbirary
code.
Jakub Jirasek discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain
assignments files. If a user were tricked into processing a specially
crafted assignments file, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbirary
code.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
---|---|---|---|
12.04 precise | libtasn1-3 – 2.10-1ubuntu1.6 |
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