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Ubuntu 19.10, 18.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS: USN-4277-1 Libexif Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey February 11, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Multiple vulnerabilities have been addressed in libexif that affect Ubuntu systems. Ensure your systems are updated for enhanced security.
Several security issues were fixed in libexif.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service Ubuntu information disclosure libexif

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 19.10: libexif12 0.6.21-5.1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libexif12 0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libexif12 0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: libexif12 0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: libexif12 0.6.20-2ubuntu0.2 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4277-1

CVE-2016-6328, CVE-2017-7544, CVE-2019-9278

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February 11, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu information disclosure libexif

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libexif/0.6.21-5.1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libexif/0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libexif/0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1

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