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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-17544): Aspell vulnerability

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2019-17544): Aspell vulnerability

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/14/2019
Created
10/18/2019
Added
10/16/2019
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

libaspell.a in GNU Aspell before 0.60.8 has a stack-based buffer over-read in acommon::unescape in common/getdata.cpp via an isolated \ character.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-aspell
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libaspell15

References

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