USN-4085-1: Sigil vulnerability
USN-4085-1: Sigil vulnerability Sigil vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Sigil could be made to overwrite files. Software Description sigil – multi-platform ebook editor Details Mike Salvatore discovered that Sigil mishandled certain malformed EPUB files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.04 sigil – 0.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 sigil-data – 0.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS sigil – 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 sigil-data – 0.9.9+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS sigil – 0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1 sigil-data – 0.9.5+dfsg-0ubuntu1+esm1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References CVE-2019-14452 Source: USN-4085-1: Sigil vulnerability