USN-3672-1: Liblouis vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 17.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• liblouis - Braille translation library - utilities

Details

Henri Salo discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-11683, CVE-2018-11684, CVE-2018-11685)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04

• liblouis-bin - 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.2
• liblouis14 - 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 17.10

• liblouis-bin - 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.2
• liblouis12 - 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 16.04

• liblouis-bin - 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.3
• liblouis9 - 2.6.4-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 14.04

• liblouis-bin - 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.4
• liblouis2 - 2.5.3-2ubuntu1.4

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

References

• CVE-2018-11683
• CVE-2018-11684
• CVE-2018-11685