USN-3474-1: Liblouis vulnerability
Publication date
6 November 2017
Overview
Liblouis could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- liblouis - Braille translation library - utilities
Details
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.
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
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | liblouis-bin – 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2 | ||
| liblouis2 – 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2 | |||
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