USN-4159-1: Exiv2 vulnerability
USN-4159-1: Exiv2 vulnerability exiv2 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 19.10 Ubuntu 19.04 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary Exiv2 could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted file. Software Description exiv2 – EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata manipulation tool Details It was discovered that Exiv2 incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10 exiv2 – 0.25-4ubuntu2.1 libexiv2-14 – 0.25-4ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 19.04 exiv2 – 0.25-4ubuntu1.2 libexiv2-14 – 0.25-4ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS exiv2 – 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.4 libexiv2-14 – 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.4 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS exiv2 – 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.5 libexiv2-14 – 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.5 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the [ more… ]