USN-5707-1: Libtasn1 vulnerability

31 October 2022

Libtasn1 could cause a crash when processing certain inputs.

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Packages

Details

It was discovered that Libtasn1 did not properly perform bounds
checking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
crash.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

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

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