1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3319-1

USN-3319-1: libmwaw vulnerability

Publication date

15 June 2017

Overview

libmwaw could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • libmwaw - import library for some old mac text document

Details

It was discovered that libmwaw incorrectly handled certain malformed
document files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause libmwaw to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that libmwaw incorrectly handled certain malformed
document files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause libmwaw to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly 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
17.04 zesty libmwaw-0.3-3 –  0.3.9-1ubuntu0.1
16.10 yakkety libmwaw-0.3-3 –  0.3.8-2ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial libmwaw-0.3-3 –  0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1
14.04 trusty libmwaw-0.1-1 –  0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1

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