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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4085-1
August 01, 2019
Sigil vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 19.04
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
Sigil could be made to overwrite files.
Software Description:
– sigil: multi-platform ebook editor
Details:
Mike Salvatore discovered that Sigil mishandled certain malformed EPUB
files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to
the filesystem.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04:
sigil 0.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
sigil-data 0.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
sigil 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
sigil-data 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
sigil 0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1
sigil-data 0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4085-1
CVE-2019-14452
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sigil/0.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sigil/0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sigil/0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1
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