USN-3454-1

It was discovered that libffi incorrectly enforced an executable stack. An attacker could possibly use this issue, in combination with another vulnerability, to facilitate executing arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libffi

Package

Name: libffi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libffi@3.1~rc1+r3.0.13-12ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.1~rc1+r3.0.13-12ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.13-4

3.0.13-5

3.0.13-6

3.0.13-9ubuntu1

3.0.13-10

3.0.13-10build1

3.0.13-11

3.0.13-12

3.1~rc1-2

3.1~rc1+r3.0.13-12

3.1~rc1+r3.0.13-12ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libffi-dev",
            "binary_version": "3.1~rc1+r3.0.13-12ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libffi6",
            "binary_version": "3.1~rc1+r3.0.13-12ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}