USN-3474-1

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / liblouis

Package

Name: liblouis
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/liblouis@2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.3-2

2.5.3-2ubuntu1

2.5.3-2ubuntu1.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-bin",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-data",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblouis-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "liblouis2",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-louis",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-louis",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-2ubuntu1.2"
        }
    ]
}