USN-4148-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities
openexr vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in OpenEXR.
Software Description
- openexr – command-line tools for the OpenEXR image format
Details
It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR
image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file,
a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-12596)
Brandon Perry discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed
EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image
file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-9110, CVE-2017-9112, CVE-2017-9116)
Brandon Perry discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed
EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image
file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-9111, CVE-2017-9113, CVE-2017-9115)
Tan Jie discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR
image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file,
a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-18444)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- libopenexr23 – 2.2.1-4.1ubuntu0.1
- openexr – 2.2.1-4.1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libopenexr22 – 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.1
- openexr – 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libopenexr22 – 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.1
- openexr – 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.1
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
- CVE-2017-12596
- CVE-2017-9110
- CVE-2017-9111
- CVE-2017-9112
- CVE-2017-9113
- CVE-2017-9115
- CVE-2017-9116
- CVE-2018-18444
Source: USN-4148-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities
