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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM USN-3706-2: Critical Libjpeg-Turbo Remote Exploits

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Calendar Grey July 10, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3706-2 July 10, 2018 libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities A security issue affec
libjpeg-turbo could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

libjpeg-turbo could be made to crash or run programs as your login if

it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- libjpeg-turbo: library for handling JPEG files

Details:

USN-3706-1 fixed a vulnerability in libjpeg-turbo. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain

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

 opening a specially crafted JPEG image, a remote attacker could cause

 libjpeg-turbo to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly

 execute arbitrary code.

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  libjpeg-turbo8                  1.1.90+svn733-0ubuntu4.5

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3706-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3706-1

  CVE-2014-9092, CVE-2016-3616, CVE-2018-11212, CVE-2018-11213,

  CVE-2018-11214, CVE-2018-1152

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July 10, 2018

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