Update Information
A security update is available for elfutils for the following versions
of Cucumber Linux:
* 1.0
* 1.1
Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:
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Wed Aug 29 13:55:54 EDT 2018
dev-general/elfutils rebuilt (build 2) to fix CVE-2018-16062, a security
vulnerability that allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service
via a heap based overread, triggered by a specially crafted file. For
more information see:
https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=537
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16062
multilib/dev-general/elfutils-lib_i686 rebuilt (build 3, x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
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CLD and CVE Information
This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:
* CLD-537 [CVE-2018-16062]
(https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=537)
More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).
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Installing the Update
The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):
# pickle --update
# pickle
Make sure elfutils is selected on the update list, and then select Ok.
Pickle will then install the updated package.
If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.
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The Cucumber Linux Security Team
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