eglibc vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
* Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
* Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary
GNU C Library could be made to execute arbitrary code or cause a
crash if it received a specially crafted input.
Software Description
* eglibc - GNU C Library
Details
Jakub Wilk discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled
certain memory alignments. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
libc6 - 2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
libc6 - 2.15-0ubuntu10.22
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
* CVE-2018-6485
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