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Ubuntu 19.04: USN-4143-1 Critical: SDL 2.0 Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey September 30, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Uncover vulnerabilities within SDL 2.0 on Ubuntu that lead to potential crashes or arbitrary code execution triggered by specially designed files.
SDL 2.0 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

SDL 2.0 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- libsdl2: Simple DirectMedia Layer: cross-platform development library

providing access to low level media interfaces

Details:

It was discovered that SDL 2.0 mishandled crafted image files resulting in an

integer overflow. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious file, SDL

2.0 could be caused to crash or potentially run arbitrary code.

(CVE-2017-2888)

It was discovered that SDL 2.0 mishandled crafted image files. If a user were

tricked into opening a malicious file, SDL 2.0 could be caused to crash or

potentially run arbitrary code.

(CVE-2019-7635, CVE-2019-7636, CVE-2019-7637, CVE-2019-7638)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory code execution integer overflow ubuntu crash sdl 2.0

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  libsdl2-2.0-0                   2.0.9+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libsdl2-2.0-0                   2.0.8+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.18.04.4

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libsdl2-2.0-0                   2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.16.04.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4143-1

CVE-2017-2888, CVE-2019-7635, CVE-2019-7636, CVE-2019-7637,

CVE-2019-7638

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September 30, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution integer overflow ubuntu crash sdl 2.0

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsdl2/2.0.9+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.19.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsdl2/2.0.8+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.18.04.4
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libsdl2/2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.16.04.2

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