{"id":"USN-3368-1","summary":"libiberty vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled certain string\noperations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\nspecially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause\nlibiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu\n16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2226)\n\nIt was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain\nbinaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\nspecially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause\nlibiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only\napplied to Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4487,\nCVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4492, CVE-2016-4493,\nCVE-2016-6131)\n\nIt was discovered that libiberty incorrectly handled parsing certain\nbinaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a\nspecially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause\nlibiberty to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4491)\n","modified":"2026-04-27T15:17:16.832286Z","published":"2017-07-26T16:45:14Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2226","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4487","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4488","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4489","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4490","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4491","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4492","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4493","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6131"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-2226","CVE-2016-4487","CVE-2016-4488","CVE-2016-4489","CVE-2016-4490","CVE-2016-4491","CVE-2016-4492","CVE-2016-4493","CVE-2016-6131","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2226","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4487","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4488","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4489","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4490","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4491","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4492","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4493","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6131"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3368-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2226"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4487"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4488"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4489"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4490"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4491"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4492"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-4493"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6131"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libiberty","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libiberty@20131116-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"20131116-1ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["20131116-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No 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