USN-4779-1: Gettext vulnerability

15 March 2021

Gettext could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted input.

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Danilo Segan discovered that Gettext mishandled certain input. An
attacker could use this vulnerability 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.

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