USN-4109-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities
openjpeg2 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJPEG.
Software Description
- openjpeg2 – JPEG 2000 image compression/decompression library
Details
It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain PGX files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or possibly
remote code execution. (CVE-2017-17480)
It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14423)
It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain PNM files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-18088)
It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain BMP files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-5785, CVE-2018-6616)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libopenjp2-7 – 2.3.0-2build0.18.04.1
- libopenjp3d7 – 2.3.0-2build0.18.04.1
- libopenjpip7 – 2.3.0-2build0.18.04.1
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.
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