USN-6472-1: GNU Scientific Library vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• gsl - A modern numerical library for C and C++ programmers

Details

It was discovered that GNU Scientific Library incorrectly handled certain
inputs. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.04

• gsl-bin - 2.7.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.23.04.1
• libgsl-dev - 2.7.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.23.04.1
• libgsl27 - 2.7.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.23.04.1
• libgslcblas0 - 2.7.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.23.04.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• gsl-bin - 2.7.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libgsl-dev - 2.7.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libgsl27 - 2.7.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libgslcblas0 - 2.7.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04

• gsl-bin - 2.5+dfsg-6+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
• libgsl-dev - 2.5+dfsg-6+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
• libgsl23 - 2.5+dfsg-6+deb10u1build0.20.04.1
• libgslcblas0 - 2.5+dfsg-6+deb10u1build0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• gsl-bin - 2.4+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libgsl-dev - 2.4+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libgsl23 - 2.4+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libgslcblas0 - 2.4+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• gsl-bin - 2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libgsl-dev - 2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libgsl2 - 2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2020-35357