Sigil vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Sigil could be made to overwrite files.
Software Description
Mike Salvatore discovered that Sigil mishandled certain malformed EPUB files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
sigil - 0.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
sigil-data - 0.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
sigil - 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
sigil-data - 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
sigil - 0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1
sigil-data - 0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1
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
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Sigil could be made to overwrite files.
Software Description
- sigil - multi-platform ebook editor
Mike Salvatore discovered that Sigil mishandled certain malformed EPUB files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
sigil - 0.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
sigil-data - 0.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
sigil - 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
sigil-data - 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
sigil - 0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1
sigil-data - 0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1
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
Continue reading...
