USN-3669-1: Liblouis vulnerabilities

Publication date

4 June 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Liblouis.


Packages

  • liblouis - Braille translation library - utilities

Details

It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11410)

It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-11440)

It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11577)

It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-11410)

It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-11440)

It was discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-11577)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic liblouis-bin –  3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
liblouis14 –  3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
17.10 artful liblouis-bin –  3.0.0-3ubuntu1.1
liblouis12 –  3.0.0-3ubuntu1.1
16.04 xenial liblouis-bin –  2.6.4-2ubuntu0.2
liblouis9 –  2.6.4-2ubuntu0.2
14.04 trusty liblouis-bin –  2.5.3-2ubuntu1.3
liblouis2 –  2.5.3-2ubuntu1.3

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