USN-4238-1: SDL_image vulnerabilities

USN-4238-1: SDL_image vulnerabilities

sdl-image1.2 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_image.

Software Description

• sdl-image1.2 – Image loading library for Simple DirectMedia Layer 1.2

Details

It was discovered that SDL_image incorrectly handled certain image files. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other
unspecified impact.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libsdl-image1.2 – 1.2.12-8ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libsdl-image1.2 – 1.2.12-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.16.04.1

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-2018-3977
• CVE-2019-12216
• CVE-2019-12217
• CVE-2019-12218
• CVE-2019-12219
• CVE-2019-12220
• CVE-2019-12221
• CVE-2019-12222
• CVE-2019-13616
• CVE-2019-5051
• CVE-2019-5052
• CVE-2019-7635

Source: USN-4238-1: SDL_image vulnerabilities