USN-5438-1 fixed a vulnerability in HTMLDOC. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that HTMLDOC did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted HTML file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause HTMLDOC to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
{ "binaries": [ { "binary_name": "htmldoc", "binary_version": "1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm2" }, { "binary_name": "htmldoc-common", "binary_version": "1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm2" }, { "binary_name": "htmldoc-dbgsym", "binary_version": "1.8.27-8ubuntu1+esm2" } ], "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro" }
{ "binaries": [ { "binary_name": "htmldoc", "binary_version": "1.8.27-8ubuntu1.1+esm1" }, { "binary_name": "htmldoc-common", "binary_version": "1.8.27-8ubuntu1.1+esm1" }, { "binary_name": "htmldoc-dbgsym", "binary_version": "1.8.27-8ubuntu1.1+esm1" } ], "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro" }