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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-2190-1 Critical: JBIG-KIT Image Processing Risk

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Calendar Grey May 1, 2014
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A vulnerability in JBIG-KIT could lead to system crashes or arbitrary code execution while handling specifically designed image files in Ubuntu. It is advisable to perform an update.
JBIG-KIT could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially crafted image file.

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution ubuntu image processing jbigkit

Update Instructions

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

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

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2190-1

CVE-2013-6369

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May 01, 2014

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution ubuntu image processing jbigkit

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jbigkit/2.0-2ubuntu4.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jbigkit/2.0-2ubuntu1.13.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jbigkit/2.0-2ubuntu1.12.10.1

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