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  2. USN-6964-2

USN-6964-2: ORC vulnerability

Publication date

1 October 2024

Overview

ORC could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code

Releases

Packages

  • orc - Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler

Details

USN-6964-1 fixed a vulnerability in ORC. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Noriko Totsuka discovered that ORC incorrectly handled certain
specially crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to execute arbitrary code.

USN-6964-1 fixed a vulnerability in ORC. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Noriko Totsuka discovered that ORC incorrectly handled certain
specially crafted files. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic liborc-0.4-0 –  1:0.4.28-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
liborc-0.4-dev –  1:0.4.28-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
16.04 xenial liborc-0.4-0 –  1:0.4.25-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
liborc-0.4-dev –  1:0.4.25-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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