USN-3319-1

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libmwaw

Package

Name: libmwaw
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmwaw@0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.1.10-1

0.1.11-1

0.1.11-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libmwaw-0.1-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libmwaw-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "libmwaw-tools"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libmwaw

Package

Name: libmwaw
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmwaw@0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.3.5-1ubuntu1

0.3.6-1ubuntu1

0.3.7-1ubuntu1

0.3.7-1ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libmwaw-0.3-3"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libmwaw-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "libmwaw-tools"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}