USN-4156-1: SDL vulnerabilities

USN-4156-1: SDL vulnerabilities

libsdl1.2 vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in SDL.

Software Description

• libsdl1.2 – Simple DirectMedia Layer

Details

It was discovered that SDL incorrectly handled certain images. If a user
were tricked into opening a crafted image file, a remote attacker could
use this issue to cause SDL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libsdl1.2debian – 1.2.15+dfsg2-0.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libsdl1.2debian – 1.2.15+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1

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

• CVE-2019-13616
• CVE-2019-7572
• CVE-2019-7573
• CVE-2019-7574
• CVE-2019-7575
• CVE-2019-7576
• CVE-2019-7577
• CVE-2019-7578
• CVE-2019-7635
• CVE-2019-7636
• CVE-2019-7637
• CVE-2019-7638

Source: USN-4156-1: SDL vulnerabilities