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Ubuntu 12.04/14.04 ESM: USN-4156-2 Critical: SDL Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey October 16, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4156-2 tackles vulnerabilities in SDL, highlighting concerns such as denial of service and remote execution weaknesses.
Several security issues were fixed in SDL.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in SDL.

Software Description:

- libsdl1.2: Simple DirectMedia Layer debug files

Details:

USN-4156-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in SDL. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that SDL incorrectly handled certain images. If a user

were tricked into opening a crafted image file, a remote attacker could

use this issue to cause SDL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or

possibly execute arbitary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update remote code execution DoS Ubuntu image handling libsdl1.2

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libsdl1.2debian                 1.2.15-8ubuntu1.1+esm1

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  libsdl1.2debian                 1.2.14-6.4ubuntu3.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4156-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4156-1

CVE-2019-13616, CVE-2019-7572, CVE-2019-7573, CVE-2019-7574,

CVE-2019-7575, CVE-2019-7576, CVE-2019-7577, CVE-2019-7578,

CVE-2019-7635, CVE-2019-7636, CVE-2019-7637

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October 16, 2019

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security advisory software update remote code execution DoS Ubuntu image handling libsdl1.2

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