USN-5672-2: GMP vulnerability
6 March 2023
GMP could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- gmp - Multiprecision arithmetic library developers tools
Details
USN-5672-1 fixed a vulnerability in GMP. This update provides
the corresponsing update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that GMP did not properly manage memory
on 32-bit platforms when processing a specially crafted
input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
applications using GMP to crash, resulting in a denial of
service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
-
libgmpxx4ldbl
-
2:5.1.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
-
libgmp10
-
2:5.1.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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libgmp-dev
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2:5.1.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5672-1: gmp, libgmp10, libgmpxx4ldbl, libgmp10-doc, libgmp-dev, libgmp3-dev