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Ubuntu: 1964-2 Moderate: LibRaw Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Alert

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Calendar Grey September 23, 2013
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Upgrade your Ubuntu environments promptly to mitigate LibRaw flaws that may result in system instability and service interruptions due to specially designed files.
LibRaw could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

LibRaw could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

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, applications linked against LibRaw could be made to crash, resulting

in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1438, CVE-2013-1439)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software patch Ubuntu libraw

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.04:
  libraw5                         0.14.7-0ubuntu1.13.04.2

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libraw5                         0.14.7-0ubuntu1.12.10.2

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libraw5                         0.14.4-0ubuntu2.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1964-1

CVE-2013-1438, CVE-2013-1439

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September 23, 2013

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software patch Ubuntu libraw

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libraw/0.14.7-0ubuntu1.13.04.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libraw/0.14.7-0ubuntu1.12.10.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libraw/0.14.4-0ubuntu2.2

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