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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-7223-1 critical: OpenJPEG denial of service

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Keep informed regarding the latest Ubuntu notice USN-7224-1 concerning OpenCV security flaws impacting various distributions.
OpenJPEG could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

OpenJPEG could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially

crafted file.

Software Description:

- openjpeg2: JPEG 2000 image compression/decompression library

Details:

Frank Zeng discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled memory when using

the decompression utility. An attacker could possibly use this issue to

cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-56826,

CVE-2024-56827)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update Ubuntu execution crash openjpeg2

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.10
   libopenjp2-7                    2.5.0-2ubuntu1.2
   libopenjp2-tools                2.5.0-2ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   libopenjp2-7                    2.5.0-2ubuntu0.3
   libopenjp2-tools                2.5.0-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
   libopenjp2-7                    2.4.0-6ubuntu0.3
   libopenjp2-tools                2.4.0-6ubuntu0.3
   libopenjp3d-tools               2.4.0-6ubuntu0.3
   libopenjp3d7                    2.4.0-6ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
   libopenjp2-7                    2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.4
   libopenjp2-tools                2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.4
   libopenjp3d-tools               2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.4
   libopenjp3d7                    2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.4

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
   libopenjp2-7                    2.3.0-2+deb10u2ubuntu0.1~esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libopenjp2-tools                2.3.0-2+deb10u2ubuntu0.1~esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libopenjp3d-tools               2.3.0-2+deb10u2ubuntu0.1~esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libopenjp3d7                    2.3.0-2+deb10u2ubuntu0.1~esm4
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
   libopenjp2-7                    2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libopenjp2-tools                2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libopenjp3d-tools               2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro
   libopenjp3d7                    2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm7
                                   Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7223-1

  CVE-2024-56826, CVE-2024-56827

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security advisory denial of service update Ubuntu execution crash openjpeg2

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjpeg2/2.5.0-2ubuntu1.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjpeg2/2.5.0-2ubuntu0.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjpeg2/2.4.0-6ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjpeg2/2.3.1-1ubuntu4.20.04.4

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