USN-3989-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities
USN-3989-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities libraw vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 18.10 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in LibRaw. Software Description libraw – raw image decoder library Details It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled photo files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted photo file, a remote attacker could cause applications linked against LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10 libraw16 – 0.18.13-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libraw16 – 0.18.8-1ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libraw15 – 0.17.1-1ubuntu0.5 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. After a standard system update you need to restart your session [ more… ]