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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5483-1 Critical: Exempi Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey June 16, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
New patches released for Exempi to address significant vulnerabilities impacting various Ubuntu distributions on June 16, 2022.
Several security issues were fixed in Exempi.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Exempi.

Software Description:

- exempi: library to parse XMP metadata

Details:

It was discovered that Exempi incorrectly handled certain media files. If a

user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted

file, a remote attacker could cause Exempi to stop responding or crash,

resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical remote code execution ubuntu exempi

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  exempi                          2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
  libexempi8                      2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 21.10:
  exempi                          2.5.2-1ubuntu0.21.10.1
  libexempi8                      2.5.2-1ubuntu0.21.10.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  exempi                          2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1
  libexempi8                      2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  exempi                          2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1
  libexempi3                      2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5483-1

CVE-2018-12648, CVE-2021-36045, CVE-2021-36046, CVE-2021-36047,

CVE-2021-36048, CVE-2021-36050, CVE-2021-36051, CVE-2021-36052,

CVE-2021-36053, CVE-2021-36054, CVE-2021-36055, CVE-2021-36056,

CVE-2021-36058, CVE-2021-36064, CVE-2021-39847, CVE-2021-40716,

CVE-2021-40732, CVE-2021-42528, CVE-2021-42529, CVE-2021-42530,

CVE-2021-42531, CVE-2021-42532

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June 16, 2022

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security advisory denial of service critical remote code execution ubuntu exempi

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exempi/2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exempi/2.5.2-1ubuntu0.21.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exempi/2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/exempi/2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1

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