Ubuntu Security Notice 3672-1 - Henri Salo discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3672-1
June 06, 2018
liblouis vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Liblouis.
Software Description:
- liblouis: Braille translation library - utilities
Details:
Henri Salo discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-11683, CVE-2018-11684, CVE-2018-11685)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
liblouis-bin 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.2
liblouis14 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 17.10:
liblouis-bin 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.2
liblouis12 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
liblouis-bin 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.3
liblouis9 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
liblouis-bin 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.4
liblouis2 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.4
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3672-1
CVE-2018-11683, CVE-2018-11684, CVE-2018-11685
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/3.5.0-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/3.0.0-3ubuntu1.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/2.6.4-2ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/2.5.3-2ubuntu1.4