USN-5707-1: Libtasn1 vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• libtasn1-6 - Library to manage ASN.1 structures

Details

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

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

• libtasn1-6 - 4.7-3ubuntu0.16.04.3+esm3
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2021-46848