USN-3815-2: gettext vulnerability

12 November 2018

gettext could be made to execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted message.

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Releases

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

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

USN-3815-1: libasprintf-dev, libgettextpo0, gettext-base, libgettextpo-dev, autopoint, gettext-el, gettext, libasprintf0v5, gettext-doc, libasprintf0c2

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