1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3570-1

USN-3570-1: AdvanceCOMP vulnerability

Publication date

14 February 2018

Overview

AdvanceCOMP could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

Details

Joonun Jang discovered that AdvanceCOMP incorrectly handled certain
malformed zip files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted zip file, a remote attacker could cause
AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Joonun Jang discovered that AdvanceCOMP incorrectly handled certain
malformed zip files. If a user or automated system were tricked into
processing a specially crafted zip file, a remote attacker could cause
AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
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
17.10 artful advancecomp –  2.0-1ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial advancecomp –  1.20-1ubuntu0.1
14.04 trusty advancecomp –  1.18-1ubuntu0.1

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