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Ubuntu 15.04 LTS USN-2670-1 Moderate: libwmf Denial Of Service

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libwmf could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2670-1
July 08, 2015

libwmf vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.04
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- libwmf: Windows metafile conversion tools

Details:

Fernando Muñoz and Stefan Cornelius discovered that libwmf incorrectly
handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were
tricked into opening a crafted image file, an attacker could cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking
the program.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.04:
  libwmf0.2-7                     0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.15.04.1

Ubuntu 14.10:
  libwmf0.2-7                     0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libwmf0.2-7                     0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.04.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libwmf0.2-7                     0.2.8.4-10ubuntu1.1

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2670-1
  CVE-2015-0848, CVE-2015-4588, CVE-2015-4695, CVE-2015-4695,
  CVE-2015-4696

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwmf/0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.15.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwmf/0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwmf/0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.04.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwmf/0.2.8.4-10ubuntu1.1


Ubuntu 15.04 LTS USN-2670-1 Moderate: libwmf Denial Of Service

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Keep updated on Ubuntu versions 15.04 to 12.04 LTS concerning libwmf vulnerabilities and the relevant patching guidelines available.
libwmf could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.04: libwmf0.2-7 0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.15.04.1 Ubuntu 14.10: libwmf0.2-7 0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.10.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libwmf0.2-7 0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.04.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libwmf0.2-7 0.2.8.4-10ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2670-1

CVE-2015-0848, CVE-2015-4588, CVE-2015-4695, CVE-2015-4695,

CVE-2015-4696

July 08, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwmf/0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.15.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwmf/0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwmf/0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwmf/0.2.8.4-10ubuntu1.1

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