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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-5770-1 High: GCC Random Number Generation Issue

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Calendar Grey December 8, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Attention regarding GCC random number generator vulnerabilities in Ubuntu 16.04 ESM security advisory, outlining necessary software updates and mitigation strategies.
GNU Compiler Collection's (GCC) random number generation could be made less random with specially crafted input.

Summary

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: g++-5 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12+esm2 gcc-5 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12+esm2 gccgo-5 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12+esm2 gccgo-6 6.0.1-0ubuntu1+esm1 gcj-5 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12+esm2 gcj-5-jdk 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12+esm2 gcj-5-jre-headless 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12+esm2 gdc-5 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12+esm2 gfortran-5 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12+esm2 gnat-5 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~16.04.12+esm2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5770-1

CVE-2017-11671

December 08, 2022

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