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Mageia: 2019-0311 Critical Advisory for Aspell Buffer Over-Read

Updated aspell packages fix security vulnerability: libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp via an isolated \ character (CVE-2019-17544). . MGASA-2019-0311 - Updated aspell packages fix security vulnerability Publication date: 02 Nov 2019 URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0311.html Type: security Affected Mageia releases: 7 CVE: CVE-2019-17544 Updated aspell packages fix security vulnerability: libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp via an isolated \ character (CVE-2019-17544). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25640 - https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4155-1 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17544 SRPMS: - 7/core/aspell-0.60.8-1.mga7 . Newly released aspell updates address significant security vulnerabilities in Mageia involving a critical stack-based buffer over-read issue. Further details can be found here.. Aspell Security Update, Mageia Advisory, Buffer Overread Fix, Software Package Security. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Nov 02, 2019 •Critical Mageia