Ubuntu 17.04: USN-3319-1 Critical: Libmwaw Remote Code Execution

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June 15, 2017

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

Summary

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

specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- libmwaw: import library for some old Mac text documents

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.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution ubuntu libmwaw

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.04:
  libmwaw-0.3-3                   0.3.9-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.10:
  libmwaw-0.3-3                   0.3.8-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libmwaw-0.3-3                   0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libmwaw-0.1-1                   0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1

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