1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4085-1

USN-4085-1: Sigil vulnerability

Publication date

1 August 2019

Overview

Sigil could be made to overwrite files.

Releases

Packages

  • sigil - multi-platform ebook editor

Details

Mike Salvatore discovered that Sigil mishandled certain malformed EPUB
files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to
the filesystem.

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

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
19.04 disco sigil –  0.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
sigil-data –  0.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic sigil –  0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
sigil-data –  0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
16.04 xenial sigil –  0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1
sigil-data –  0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1

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References

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