USN-3615-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities
libraw vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
LibRaw could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.
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 17.10
- libraw16 – 0.18.2-2ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libraw15 – 0.17.1-1ubuntu0.2
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libraw9 – 0.15.4-1ubuntu0.2
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 to make
all the necessary changes.
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