USN-2190-1: JBIG-KIT vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2190-1

1st May, 2014

jbigkit vulnerability

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

• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS


• Ubuntu 13.10


• Ubuntu 12.10

Summary

JBIG-KIT could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially crafted image file.

Software description

• jbigkit - JBIG1 data compression library

Details

Florian Weimer discovered that JBIG-KIT incorrectly handled certain

malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into

processing a specially crafted image, JBIG-KIT could be made to crash, or

possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:

libjbig0 2.0-2ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 13.10:

libjbig0 2.0-2ubuntu1.13.10.1

Ubuntu 12.10:

libjbig0 2.0-2ubuntu1.12.10.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: http://bit.ly/1aJDvTw.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2013-6369

via Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/1nN8asQ