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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: 5952-1 Moderate Vulnerability in OpenJPEG Code

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Calendar Grey March 15, 2023
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Ubuntu 18.04 and 16.04 receive important patches for OpenJPEG vulnerabilities. Major fixes tackle potential code execution threats.
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:

Sebastian Poeplau discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain

inputs.

If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially

crafted

input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a

denial

of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04

LTS. (CVE-2020-6851, CVE-2020-8112)

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain inputs. If a

user

or an automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted input

file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04

LTS.

(CVE-2020-15389, CVE-2020-27814, CVE-2020-27823, CVE-2020-27824,

CVE-2020-27841, CVE-2020-27845)

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain inputs....

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update code execution Ubuntu OpenJPEG

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   libopenjp2-7                    2.3.0-2+deb10u2build0.18.04.1
   libopenjp3d7                    2.3.0-2+deb10u2build0.18.04.1
   libopenjpip7                    2.3.0-2+deb10u2build0.18.04.1

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
   libopenjp2-7                    2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm3
   libopenjp3d7                    2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm3
   libopenjpip7                    2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm3

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5952-1

CVE-2020-15389, CVE-2020-27814, CVE-2020-27823, CVE-2020-27824,

CVE-2020-27841, CVE-2020-27842, CVE-2020-27843, CVE-2020-27845,

CVE-2020-6851, CVE-2020-8112

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March 15, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service software update code execution Ubuntu OpenJPEG

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjpeg2/2.3.0-2+deb10u2build0.18.04.1

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