USN-4326-1: libiberty vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• libiberty - library of utility functions used by GNU programs

Details

It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain
binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause
libiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04

• libiberty-dev - 20170913-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• libiberty-dev - 20160215-1ubuntu0.3

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

References

• CVE-2018-12641
• CVE-2018-12697
• CVE-2018-12698
• CVE-2018-12934
• CVE-2018-17794
• CVE-2018-17985
• CVE-2018-18483
• CVE-2018-18484
• CVE-2018-18700
• CVE-2018-18701
• CVE-2018-9138
• CVE-2019-14250
• CVE-2019-9070
• CVE-2019-9071

Related notices

• USN-4336-1: binutils-common, binutils-for-host, binutils-x86-64-linux-gnux32, binutils-for-build, binutils-m68k-linux-gnu, binutils-mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabin32, binutils-x86-64-kfreebsd-gnu, binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu, binutils-i686-kfreebsd-gnu, binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu, binutils-mipsisa32r6-linux-gnu, binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabin32, binutils-mipsisa64r6-linux-gnuabi64, binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu, binutils-source, binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu, libbinutils, binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabin32, binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu, binutils-alpha-linux-gnu, binutils-i686-gnu, binutils-riscv64-linux-gnu, binutils-mips-linux-gnu, binutils-s390x-linux-gnu, binutils-dev, binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabi64, binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi, binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu, binutils-mipsisa32r6el-linux-gnu, binutils-hppa-linux-gnu, binutils-mipsisa64r6el-linux-gnuabin32, binutils-powerpc-linux-gnuspe, binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf, binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu, binutils-ia64-linux-gnu, binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu, binutils-multiarch, binutils, binutils-doc, binutils-sh4-linux-gnu, binutils-i686-linux-gnu, binutils-multiarch-dev
• USN-4336-2: binutils-m68k-linux-gnu, binutils-mips64el-linux-gnuabi64, binutils-mips64-linux-gnuabi64, binutils-mipsel-linux-gnu, binutils-powerpc64-linux-gnu, binutils-sparc64-linux-gnu, binutils-source, binutils-aarch64-linux-gnu, binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu, binutils-alpha-linux-gnu, binutils-mips-linux-gnu, binutils-s390x-linux-gnu, binutils-dev, binutils-arm-linux-gnueabi, binutils-hppa64-linux-gnu, binutils-hppa-linux-gnu, binutils-powerpc-linux-gnuspe, binutils-arm-linux-gnueabihf, binutils-powerpc64le-linux-gnu, binutils-multiarch, binutils, binutils-doc, binutils-sh4-linux-gnu, binutils-multiarch-dev