USN-4954-1: GNU C Library vulnerabilities

14 May 2021

Several security issues were fixed in GNU C Library.

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Jason Royes and Samuel Dytrych discovered that the memcpy()
implementation for 32 bit ARM processors in the GNU C Library contained
an integer underflow vulnerability. An attacker could possibly use
this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-6096)

It was discovered that the POSIX regex implementation in the GNU C
Library did not properly parse alternatives. An attacker could use this
to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-5155)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

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

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