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Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: USN-3770-2 Critical: Little CMS Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey September 20, 2018
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities detected in Little CMS on Ubuntu 12.04 ESM necessitate immediate patches to ensure security against potential exploits.
Several security issues were fixed in Little CMS.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Little CMS.

Software Description:

- lcms: Little CMS color management library utilities

- lcms2: Little CMS color management library

Details:

USN-3770-1 fixed a vulnerability in Little CMS. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

 Pedro Ribeiro discoreved that Little CMS incorrectly handled certain

 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

 service. (CVE-2013-4276)

 Ibrahim El-Sayed discovered that Little CMS incorrectly handled

 certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

 denial of service. (CVE-2016-10165)

 Quang Nguyen discovered that Little CMS incorrectly handled certain

 files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary

 code. (CVE-2018-16435)

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Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  liblcms-utils                   1.19.dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
  liblcms1                        1.19.dfsg-1ubuntu3.1
  liblcms2-2                      2.2+git20110628-2ubuntu3.3
  liblcms2-utils                  2.2+git20110628-2ubuntu3.3

After a standard system update you need to restart applications using
Little CMS to make all the necessary changes.

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3770-2

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3770-1

  CVE-2013-4276, CVE-2016-10165, CVE-2018-16435

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