USN-3936-2: AdvanceCOMP vulnerability

advancecomp vulnerability

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

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

USN-3936-1 fixed a vulnerability in AdvanceCOMP. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 19.04.

Original advisory details:

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

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

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.