USN-3936-1: AdvanceCOMP vulnerability

USN-3936-1: AdvanceCOMP vulnerability

advancecomp vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

AdvanceCOMP could be made to run arbitrary code if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description

• advancecomp – collection of recompression utilities

Details

It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP incorrectly handled certain PNG files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.10

advancecomp – 2.1-1ubuntu0.18.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

advancecomp – 2.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

advancecomp – 1.20-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

advancecomp – 1.18-1ubuntu0.2

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

• CVE-2019-9210

Source: USN-3936-1: AdvanceCOMP vulnerability