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Ubuntu 23.04 USN-6078-1 Important: libwebp Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey May 16, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
libwebp is vulnerable, enabling system crashes or unauthorized execution through specially designed image files. It's essential to update your Ubuntu system to mitigate these security risks.
libwebp could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

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security advisory denial of service critical issue code execution ubuntu library libwebp

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.04: libwebp7 1.2.4-0.1ubuntu0.23.04.1 libwebpdemux2 1.2.4-0.1ubuntu0.23.04.1 libwebpmux3 1.2.4-0.1ubuntu0.23.04.1 Ubuntu 22.10: libwebp7 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.10.1 libwebpdemux2 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.10.1 libwebpmux3 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.10.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: libwebp7 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebpdemux2 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.04.1 libwebpmux3 1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.04.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: libwebp6 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.20.04.2 libwebpdemux2 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.20.04.2 libwebpmux3 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.20.04.2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: libwebp6 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2 libwebpdemux2 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2 libwebpmux3 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6078-1

CVE-2023-1999

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May 16, 2023

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security advisory denial of service critical issue code execution ubuntu library libwebp

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwebp/1.2.4-0.1ubuntu0.23.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwebp/1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwebp/1.2.2-2ubuntu0.22.04.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwebp/0.6.1-2ubuntu0.20.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libwebp/0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2

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