Ubuntu alert USN-4155-1 (aspell)

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"Leonidas S. Barbosa" <leo.barbosa@canonical.com> 
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com 
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[USN-4155-1] Aspell vulnerability 
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Tue, 15 Oct 2019 12:54:57 -0300
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<20191015155457.GA10863@blu3l41n>
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4155-1
October 15, 2019

aspell vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

Aspell could be made to expose sensitive information if it received
a specially crafted input.

Software Description:
- aspell: GNU Aspell spell-checker

Details:

It was discovered that Aspell incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could potentially access sensitive information.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
  aspell                          0.60.7~20110707-6ubuntu0.1
  libaspell15                     0.60.7~20110707-6ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  aspell                          0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1
  libaspell15                     0.60.7~20110707-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  aspell                          0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1
  libaspell15                     0.60.7~20110707-3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  aspell                          0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1
  libaspell15                     0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu1+esm1

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  aspell                          0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu0.1
  libaspell15                     0.60.7~20110707-1ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/4155-1
  CVE-2019-17544

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aspell/0.60.7~201107...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aspell/0.60.7~201107...
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aspell/0.60.7~201107...
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