Critical eSpeak NG Security Update: Fixes for Ubuntu Vulnerabilities in USN-6858-1
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in eSpeak NG. Software Description: - espeak-ng: Multi-lingual software speech synthesizer Details: It was discovered that eSpeak NG did not properly manage memory under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-49990, CVE-2023-49991, CVE-2023-49992, CVE-2023-49993, CVE-2023-49994)
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10 espeak-ng 1.51+dfsg-11ubuntu0.1 espeak-ng-espeak 1.51+dfsg-11ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS espeak-ng 1.50+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1 espeak-ng-espeak 1.50+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS espeak-ng 1.50+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1 espeak-ng-espeak 1.50+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS espeak-ng 1.49.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro espeak-ng-espeak 1.49.2+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6858-1
CVE-2023-49990, CVE-2023-49991, CVE-2023-49992, CVE-2023-49993,
CVE-2023-49994
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/espeak-ng/1.51+dfsg-11ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/espeak-ng/1.50+dfsg-10ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/espeak-ng/1.50+dfsg-6ubuntu0.1