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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: 5988-1 High: Xcftools Integer Overflow - DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey March 30, 2023
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To mitigate xcftools vulnerabilities causing crashes or unauthorized access, follow these steps to update your Ubuntu and enhance system security
Xcftools could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Xcftools could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator

if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- xcftools: command-line tools for extracting data for XCF files

Details:

It was discovered that integer overflows vulnerabilities existed in Xcftools.

An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (system crash) or

possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-5086, CVE-2019-5087)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service integer overflow ubuntu system crash xcftools

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  xcftools                        1.0.7-6ubuntu0.20.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  xcftools                        1.0.7-6ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  xcftools                        1.0.7-5ubuntu0.1~esm1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5988-1

CVE-2019-5086, CVE-2019-5087

March 29, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service integer overflow ubuntu system crash xcftools

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xcftools/1.0.7-6ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xcftools/1.0.7-6ubuntu0.1

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