USN-5173-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libmodbus. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that libmodbus incorrectly handled inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact.
{ "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro", "binaries": [ { "binary_version": "3.0.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1", "binary_name": "libmodbus-dev" }, { "binary_version": "3.0.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1", "binary_name": "libmodbus5" }, { "binary_version": "3.0.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1", "binary_name": "libmodbus5-dbgsym" } ] }
{ "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro", "binaries": [ { "binary_version": "3.0.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1", "binary_name": "libmodbus-dev" }, { "binary_version": "3.0.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1", "binary_name": "libmodbus5" }, { "binary_version": "3.0.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm1", "binary_name": "libmodbus5-dbgsym" } ] }