USN-3974-1: VCFtools vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 May 2019

Overview

VCFTools could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Releases


Packages

  • vcftools - Collection of tools to work with VCF files

Details

It was discovered that VCFtools improperly handled certain input. If a user
was tricked into opening a crafted input file, VCFtools could be made to crash.
(CVE-2018-11099, CVE-2018-11129, CVE-2018-11130)

It was discovered that VCFtools improperly handled certain input. If a user
was tricked into opening a crafted input file, VCFtools could be made to crash.
(CVE-2018-11099, CVE-2018-11129, CVE-2018-11130)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial vcftools –  0.1.14+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1

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