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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3815-2 High: Gettext Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 12, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Gettext flaw enables unauthorized code execution through specially designed messages. To address this vulnerability, update your Ubuntu installation promptly.
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:

USN-3815-1 fixed a vulnerability in gettext. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory 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 12.04 ESM:
  gettext                         0.18.1.1-5ubuntu3.1

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3815-2

 

  CVE-2018-18751

November 12, 2018

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