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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: USN-3474-1 Critical: Liblouis DoS Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2017
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An issue with Liblouis on Ubuntu could lead to unexpected crashes or execution of commands under your user profile upon opening a specifically designed file. Update immediately!
Liblouis could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Liblouis could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- liblouis: Braille translation library - utilities

Details:

Raphael Sanchez Prudencio discovered that Liblouis incorrectly handled

certain files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted file, an

attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service or

potentially execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue software update ubuntu liblouis

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  liblouis-bin                    2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2
  liblouis2                       2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2

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

References

 

  CVE-2014-8184

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November 06, 2017

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Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liblouis/2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2

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