USN-3989-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities

USN-3989-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities

libraw vulnerabilities

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

  • Ubuntu 18.10
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in LibRaw.

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 18.10
libraw160.18.13-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libraw160.18.8-1ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libraw150.17.1-1ubuntu0.5

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.

References

Source: USN-3989-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities

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