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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-4880-1 Critical: OpenJPEG Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey March 16, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Upgrade your Ubuntu installation to mitigate OpenJPEG flaws mentioned in USN-4880-1 and bolster your protection.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenJPEG.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenJPEG.

Software Description:

- openjpeg2: JPEG 2000 image compression/decompression library

Details:

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image data. An

attacker could use this issue to cause OpenJPEG to crash, leading to a

denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue Ubuntu OpenJPEG

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libopenjp2-7                    2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1
  libopenjp3d7                    2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1
  libopenjpip7                    2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4880-1

CVE-2020-27814, CVE-2020-27823, CVE-2020-27824, CVE-2020-27841,

CVE-2020-27845

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March 16, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue Ubuntu OpenJPEG

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjpeg2/2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1

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