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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-3925-1 FreeImage Critical Remote Code Issue

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Calendar Grey March 28, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
An alarming flaw in FreeImage might enable remote code execution when processing maliciously designed files on Ubuntu systems.
FreeImage could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

FreeImage could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- freeimage: Support library for graphics image formats (development files)

Details:

It was discovered that an out-of-bounds write vulnerability existed in the XMP

Image handling functionality of the FreeImage library. If a user or automated

system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image, a remote attacker

could overwrite arbitrary memory, resultin in code execution.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution Ubuntu image handling FreeImage

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libfreeimage3                   3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1
  libfreeimageplus3               3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libfreeimage3                   3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3925-1

CVE-2016-5684

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March 28, 2019

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution Ubuntu image handling FreeImage

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeimage/3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeimage/3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1

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