USN-3815-1: gettext vulnerability
Severity
Medium
Vendor
Canonical Ubuntu
Versions Affected
- Canonical Ubuntu 14.04
- Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
Description
It was discovered that gettext incorrectly handled certain messages. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2018-18751
Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions
Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.
- Cloud Foundry BOSH trusty-stemcells are vulnerable, including:
- 3586.x versions prior to 3586.56
- 3541.x versions prior to 3541.60
- 3468.x versions prior to 3468.86
- 3445.x versions prior to 3445.82
- 3421.x versions prior to 3421.99
- All other stemcells not listed.
- Cloud Foundry BOSH xenial-stemcells are vulnerable, including:
- 170.x versions prior to 170.6
- 97.x versions prior to 97.33
- All other stemcells not listed.
Mitigation
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow one of the mitigations below:
- The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following BOSH trusty-stemcells:
- Upgrade 3586.x versions to 3586.56
- Upgrade 3541.x versions to 3541.60
- Upgrade 3468.x versions to 3468.86
- Upgrade 3445.x versions to 3445.82
- Upgrade 3421.x versions to 3421.99
- All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
- The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following BOSH xenial-stemcells:
- Upgrade 170.x versions to 170.6
- Upgrade 97.x versions to 97.33
- All other stemcells should be upgraded to the latest version available on bosh.io.
