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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: USN-3309-2 Critical Libtasn1 Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 18, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The libtasn1 flaw enables threat actors to execute unintended commands or destabilize systems via specially designed files on Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Libtasn1 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

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.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  libtasn1-3                      2.10-1ubuntu1.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

 

 

  CVE-2017-6891

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July 18, 2017

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