USN-3669-1: Liblouis vulnerabilities
4 June 2018
liblouis vulnerabilities
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
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
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- liblouis-bin - 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
- liblouis14 - 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 17.10
- liblouis-bin - 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.1
- liblouis12 - 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- liblouis-bin - 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.2
- liblouis9 - 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- liblouis-bin - 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.3
- liblouis2 - 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.3
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.