Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3474-1
6th November, 2017
liblouis vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Liblouis could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
Raphael Sanchez Prudencio discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
If a user were tricked into opening a crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this
to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
liblouis2 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2
liblouis-bin 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2014-8184
Continue reading...
6th November, 2017
liblouis vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Liblouis could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- liblouis - Braille translation library - utilities
Raphael Sanchez Prudencio discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
If a user were tricked into opening a crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this
to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
liblouis2 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2
liblouis-bin 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
CVE-2014-8184
Continue reading...
