USN-3925-1: FreeImage vulnerability
freeimage vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
FreeImage could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description
- freeimage – Support library for graphics image formats (development files)
Details
It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed in the XMP
image handling functionality of the FreeImage library. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker
could overwrite arbitrary memory, resulting in code execution.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libfreeimage3 – 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1
- libfreeimageplus3 – 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libfreeimage3 – 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1
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.
References
Source: USN-3925-1: FreeImage vulnerability
