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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: USN-6113-1 Moderate: Jhead Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey May 30, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Uncover the Jhead security flaw USN-6113-1 that impacts Ubuntu environments and learn the steps to remediate it through system updates.
Jhead could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS ubuntu image processing Jhead Exploitation

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): jhead 1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm4 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): jhead 1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6113-1

CVE-2018-6612

May 30, 2023

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Topics Covered

security advisory DoS ubuntu image processing Jhead Exploitation

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