Ubuntu 2060-1: Critical Info Exposure In Libjpeg And Libjpeg-Turbo

ubuntu

December 19, 2013

libjpeg and libjpeg-turbo could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

libjpeg and libjpeg-turbo could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- libjpeg-turbo: library for handling JPEG files

- libjpeg6b: library for handling JPEG files

Details:

Michal Zalewski discovered that libjpeg and libjpeg-turbo incorrectly

handled certain memory operations. An attacker could use this issue with

a specially-crafted JPEG file to possibly expose sensitive information.

Topics Covered

security advisory critical information exposure ubuntu libjpeg libjpeg-turbo memory operation issue

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.10:
  libjpeg-turbo8                  1.3.0-0ubuntu1.1
  libjpeg62                       6b1-3ubuntu1.13.10.1
  libturbojpeg                    1.3.0-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 13.04:
  libjpeg-turbo8                  1.2.1-0ubuntu2.13.04.1
  libjpeg62                       6b1-3ubuntu1.13.04.1
  libturbojpeg                    1.2.1-0ubuntu2.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10:
  libjpeg-turbo8                  1.2.1-0ubuntu2.12.10.1
  libjpeg62                       6b1-2ubuntu2.1
  libturbojpeg                    1.2.1-0ubuntu2.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libjpeg-turbo8                  1.1.90+svn733-0ubuntu4.3
  libjpeg62                       6b1-2ubuntu1.1
  libturbojpeg                    1.1.90+svn733-0ubuntu4.3

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  libjpeg62                       6b-15ubuntu1.1

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