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USN-3860-1: libcaca vulnerabilities libcaca vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in libcaca. Software Description libcaca – text mode graphics utilities Details It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-20544) It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-20545, CVE-2018-20548, CVE-2018-20459) It was discovered that libcaca incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2018-20546, CVE-2018-20547) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10 caca-utils – 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.10.1 libcaca0 – 0.99.beta19-2ubuntu0.18.10.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS caca-utils [ more… ]