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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4155-1
October 15, 2019
aspell 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
– Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
– Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary:
Aspell could be made to expose sensitive information if it received
a specially crafted input.
Software Description:
– aspell: GNU Aspell spell-checker
Details:
It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could potentially access sensitive information.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04:
aspell 0.60.7~20110707-6ubuntu0.1
libaspell15 0.60.7~20110707-6ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
aspell 0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1
libaspell15 0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
aspell 0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1
libaspell15 0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
aspell 0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1
libaspell15 0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
aspell 0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu0.1
libaspell15 0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1
CVE-2019-17544
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aspell/0.60.7~20110707-6ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aspell/0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aspell/0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1
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