Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6762-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6762-1
May 02, 2024
eglibc, glibc vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:




  

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

	

			
	

			

		
	
		




Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in GNU C Library.

	

			
	

			

		
	
		




Software Description:
- glibc: GNU C Library
- eglibc: GNU C Library
Details:
It was discovered that GNU C Library incorrectly handled netgroup requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9984)
It was discovered that GNU C Library might allow context-dependent
attackers to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2015-20109)
It was discovered that GNU C Library when processing very long pathname arguments to
the realpath function, could encounter an integer overflow on 32-bit
architectures, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow and, potentially,
arbitrary code execution. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-11236)
It was discovered that the GNU C library getcwd function incorrectly
handled buffers. An attacker could use this issue to cause the GNU C
Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-3999)
Charles Fol discovered that the GNU C Library iconv feature incorrectly
handled certain input sequences. An attacker could use this issue to cause
the GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-2961)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  libc6                           2.27-3ubuntu1.6+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  libc6                           2.23-0ubuntu11.3+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  libc6                           2.19-0ubuntu6.15+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6762-1
  CVE-2014-9984, CVE-2015-20109, CVE-2018-11236, CVE-2021-3999,
  CVE-2024-2961, https://launchpad.net/bugs/2063328