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Ubuntu 18.10, 18.04, 16.04: USN-3989-1 LibRaw Security Fix

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Calendar Grey May 21, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Exploits in LibRaw have been patched to prevent possible denial of service attacks or remote code execution risks on Ubuntu.
Several security issues were fixed in LibRaw.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in LibRaw.

Software Description:

- libraw: raw image decoder library

Details:

It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled photo files. If a user or

automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted photo

file, a remote attacker could cause applications linked against LibRaw to

crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary

code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service remote code execution ubuntu libraw

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10:
  libraw16                        0.18.13-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libraw16                        0.18.8-1ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libraw15                        0.17.1-1ubuntu0.5

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3989-1

CVE-2018-20337, CVE-2018-20363, CVE-2018-20364, CVE-2018-20365,

CVE-2018-5817, CVE-2018-5818, CVE-2018-5819

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May 21, 2019

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security advisory denial of service remote code execution ubuntu libraw

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libraw/0.18.13-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libraw/0.18.8-1ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libraw/0.17.1-1ubuntu0.5

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