USN-4190-1: libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities
libjpeg-turbo 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 libjpeg-turbo.
Software Description
- libjpeg-turbo – library for handling JPEG files
Details
It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain BMP images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-14498)
It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain JPEG images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2018-19664)
It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain BMP images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2018-20330)
It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain JPEG images.
An attacker could possibly cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-2201)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- libjpeg-turbo8 – 2.0.1-0ubuntu2.2
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libjpeg-turbo8 – 1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.3
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libjpeg-turbo8 – 1.4.2-0ubuntu3.3
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
Source: USN-4190-1: libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities
