USN-3319-1: libmwaw vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3319-1

15th June, 2017

libmwaw vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 17.04



• Ubuntu 16.10



• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS



• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

libmwaw could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.

Software description

• libmwaw
  - import library for some old mac text document
  
  

Details

It was discovered that libmwaw incorrectly handled certain malformed
document files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause libmwaw to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.04:

Ubuntu 16.10:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

To update your system, please follow these instructions: