=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3759-1
September 05, 2018
libtirpc vulnerabilities
=========================================================================
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in libtirpc.
Software Description:
- libtirpc: transport-independent RPC library - development files
Details:
Aldy Hernandez discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain
inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04
LTS. (CVE-2016-4429)
It was discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-14622)
It was discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain strings.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-8779)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
libtirpc-dev 0.2.5-1.2ubuntu0.1
libtirpc1 0.2.5-1.2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
libtirpc-dev 0.2.5-1ubuntu0.1
libtirpc1 0.2.5-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libtirpc-dev 0.2.2-5ubuntu2.1
libtirpc1 0.2.2-5ubuntu2.1
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3759-1
CVE-2016-4429, CVE-2017-8779, CVE-2018-14622
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtirpc/0.2.5-1.2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtirpc/0.2.5-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libtirpc/0.2.2-5ubuntu2.1
