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Ubuntu 18.10 USN-3815-1 Critical Gettext Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 12, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-3815-1 addresses a vulnerability in the gettext package that may enable arbitrary code execution, urging users to update to secure their systems
gettext could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted message.

Summary

gettext could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received

a specially crafted message.

Software Description:

- gettext: GNU Internationalization utilities

Details:

It was discovered that gettext incorrectly handled certain messages.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
  gettext                         0.19.8.1-8ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  gettext                         0.19.8.1-6ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  gettext                         0.19.7-2ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  gettext                         0.18.3.1-1ubuntu3.1

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

References

 

  CVE-2018-18751

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November 12, 2018

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Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gettext/0.19.8.1-8ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gettext/0.19.8.1-6ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gettext/0.19.7-2ubuntu3.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gettext/0.18.3.1-1ubuntu3.1

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