Libtasn1 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Jakub Jirasek discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain assignments files. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted assignments file, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbirary code.
18 July 2017
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Libtasn1 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Jakub Jirasek discovered that GnuTLS incorrectly handled certain assignments files. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted assignments file, a remote attacker could possibly execute arbirary code.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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