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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3860-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3860-1
Posted Jan 15, 2019
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3860-1 - It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, denial of service, arbitrary
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2018-20544, CVE-2018-20548
SHA-256 | 4beed9e8b0fdc0b7d410c8a0e2056a82da53c18fa4046e48d128cd883035cc8d

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3860-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3860-1
January 15, 2019

libcaca vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in libcaca.

Software Description:
- libcaca: text mode graphics utilities

Details:

It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-20544)

It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-20545, CVE-2018-20548, CVE-2018-20459)

It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
information.
(CVE-2018-20546, CVE-2018-20547)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10:
caca-utils 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
libcaca0 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
caca-utils 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
libcaca0 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
caca-utils 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
libcaca0 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
caca-utils 0.99.beta18-1ubuntu5.1
libcaca0 0.99.beta18-1ubuntu5.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3860-1
CVE-2018-20544, CVE-2018-20545, CVE-2018-20546, CVE-2018-20547,
CVE-2018-20548, CVE-2018-20549

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcaca/0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcaca/0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcaca/0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.16.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcaca/0.99.beta18-1ubuntu5.1
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