USN-3309-2: Libtasn1 vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3309-2
18th July, 2017
libtasn1-3 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
Libtasn1 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- 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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
- libtasn1-3 2.10-1ubuntu1.6
To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
from Ubuntu Security Notices http://ift.tt/2tdnhlq