USN-3474-1: Liblouis vulnerability
6 November 2017
Liblouis could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- 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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.