Ubuntu 22.10: USN-5840-1 Low: DNF Package Manager Vulnerability

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February 1, 2023

Several security issues were fixed in AdvanceCOMP.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in AdvanceCOMP.

Software Description:

- advancecomp: collection of recompression utilities

Details:

It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP did not properly manage memory while

performing read operations on MNG file. If a user were tricked into opening

a specially crafted MNG file, a remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

(CVE-2022-35014, CVE-2022-35017, CVE-2022-35018, CVE-2022-35019,

CVE-2022-35020)

It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP did not properly manage memory while

performing read operations on ZIP file. If a user were tricked into opening

a specially crafted ZIP file, a remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

(CVE-2022-35015, CVE-2022-35016)

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update ubuntu advancecomp

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10:
  advancecomp                     2.3-1ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  advancecomp                     2.1-2.1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  advancecomp                     2.1-2.1ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  advancecomp                     2.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.3

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  advancecomp                     1.20-1ubuntu0.2+esm2

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