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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
06/10/2021

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-0-60-7-20110707-1ubuntu1-esm1
  • ubuntu-upgrade-aspell
  • ubuntu-upgrade-available
  • ubuntu-upgrade-desktop
  • ubuntu-upgrade-infra
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libaspell15
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ua

References

  • USN-4155-1
  • USN-4155-2
  • CVE-2019-17544

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