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Ubuntu 23.10: USN-6847-1 Critical: libheif Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey June 26, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-6847-1 highlights vulnerabilities associated with libheif impacting multiple versions and offers guidance for updates.
libheif could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

libheif could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted

file.

Software Description:

- libheif: ISO/IEC 23008-12:2017 HEIF file format decoder - development file

Details:

It was discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting

in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

(CVE-2019-11471)

Reza Mirzazade Farkhani discovered that libheif incorrectly handled

certain image data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the

program, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu

20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-23109)

Eugene Lim discovered that libheif incorrectly handled certain image data.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to crash the program, resulting

in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu

20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-0996)

Min Jang discovered that libheif incorrect...

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update Ubuntu crash libheif image data

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10
   heif-gdk-pixbuf                 1.16.2-2ubuntu1.1
   libheif-dev                     1.16.2-2ubuntu1.1
   libheif-plugin-libde265         1.16.2-2ubuntu1.1
   libheif1                        1.16.2-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   heif-gdk-pixbuf                 1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libheif-dev                     1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libheif1                        1.12.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   heif-gdk-pixbuf                 1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libheif-dev                     1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libheif1                        1.6.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   libheif-dev                     1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libheif1                        1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6847-1

CVE-2019-11471, CVE-2020-23109, CVE-2023-0996, CVE-2023-29659,

CVE-2023-49460, CVE-2023-49462, CVE-2023-49463, CVE-2023-49464

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security advisory denial of service update Ubuntu crash libheif image data

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libheif/1.16.2-2ubuntu1.1

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