USN-3989-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities

libraw vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in LibRaw.

Software Description

• libraw - raw image decoder library

Details

It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled photo files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted photo file, a remote attacker could cause applications linked against LibRaw to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10

libraw16 - 0.18.13-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libraw16 - 0.18.8-1ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libraw15 - 0.17.1-1ubuntu0.5

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2018-20337
• CVE-2018-20363
• CVE-2018-20364
• CVE-2018-20365
• CVE-2018-5817
• CVE-2018-5818
• CVE-2018-5819

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/2YEBg34