USN-3323-2: GNU C Library vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• eglibc - GNU C Library

Details

USN-3323-1 fixed a vulnerability in the GNU C Library. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the GNU C library did not properly handle memory
when processing environment variables for setuid programs. A local attacker
could use this in combination with another vulnerability to gain
administrative privileges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04

• libc6 - 2.15-0ubuntu10.20

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2017-1000366

Related notices

• USN-3323-1: libc6-dev, libc6-dev-armel, libc6-dev-ppc64, libc6-dev-s390, nscd, libc6-dev-amd64, libnss-dns-udeb, libc6-amd64, libc6-udeb, libc-dev-bin, glibc-source, locales, locales-all, libc6-pic, libc6-x32, libc6-i386, libc6-dev-i386, glibc, libc6-prof, multiarch-support, libc-bin, libc6-s390, libc6-ppc64, eglibc-source, libc6-armel, glibc-doc, libc6, libnss-files-udeb, eglibc, libc6-dev-x32