USN-3759-2: libtirpc vulnerabilities

libtirpc vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in libtirpc.

Software Description

• libtirpc - transport-independent RPC library - development files

Details

USN-3759-1 fixed a vulnerability in libtirpc. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

Aldy Hernandez discovered that libtirpc incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (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. (CVE-2017-8779)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

libtirpc-dev - 0.2.2-5ubuntu0.1

libtirpc1 - 0.2.2-5ubuntu0.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

• USN-3759-1
• CVE-2016-4429
• CVE-2017-8779
• CVE-2018-14622

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2M3clQd