Ubuntu 22.10: 7205-3 Moderate: Jhead Vulnerability Exploit Risk

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May 25, 2023

Jhead could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Jhead could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- jhead: Manipulate the non-image part of Exif compliant JPEG files

Details:

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images

while rotating them. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash Jhead,

resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-34055)

Kyle Brown discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted

images while regenerating the Exif thumbnail. An attacker could possibly use

this issue to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-41751)

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate threat ubuntu jhead command command execution risk

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.10:
   jhead                           1:3.06.0.1-2ubuntu0.22.10.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   jhead                           1:3.06.0.1-2ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   jhead                           1:3.04-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
   jhead                           1:3.00-8~ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   jhead                           1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   jhead                           1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm2

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