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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6964-1
August 15, 2024
orc vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
Summary:
ORC could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code
Software Description:
- orc: Library of Optimized Inner Loops Runtime Compiler
Details:
Noriko Totsuka discovered that ORC incorrectly handled certain
crafted file. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  liborc-0.4-0t64                 1:0.4.38-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  liborc-0.4-0                    1:0.4.32-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  liborc-0.4-0                    1:0.4.31-1ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6964-1
  CVE-2024-40897
Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/orc/1:0.4.38-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/orc/1:0.4.32-2ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/orc/1:0.4.31-1ubuntu0.1