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Ubuntu 21.04 USN-4941-1 Moderate: Exiv2 Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Various vulnerabilities in Exiv2 demand urgent action to avert serious consequences including application failures and unauthorized code execution.
Several security issues were fixed in Exiv2.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security issue code execution DoS Ubuntu exiv2 Exiv2

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 21.04: libexiv2-27 0.27.3-3ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 20.10: libexiv2-27 0.27.3-3ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libexiv2-27 0.27.2-8ubuntu2.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libexiv2-14 0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.7 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: libexiv2-14 0.25-2.1ubuntu16.04.7+esm1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4941-1

CVE-2021-29457, CVE-2021-29458, CVE-2021-29470, CVE-2021-3482

May 10, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security issue code execution DoS Ubuntu exiv2 Exiv2

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.27.3-3ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.27.3-3ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.27.2-8ubuntu2.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exiv2/0.25-3.1ubuntu0.18.04.7

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