USN-3536-1: GNU C Library vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3536-1

17th January, 2018

eglibc vulnerability

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

  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

The GNU C library could be made to run programs as an administrator.

Software description

  • eglibc - GNU C Library

Details

It was discovered that the GNU C library did not properly handle all of
the possible return values from the kernel getcwd(2) syscall. A local
attacker could potentially exploit this to execute arbitrary code in setuid
programs and gain administrative privileges. (CVE-2018-1000001)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.21

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://ift.tt/17VXqjU.

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2018-1000001



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