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Ubuntu 24.04: libjxl Important Denial of Service Threats USN-7637-1

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2025
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Essential patches for libjxl in Ubuntu 24.04 tackle vulnerabilities that could result in service interruptions.
Several security issues were fixed in libjxl.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in libjxl. Software Description: - jpeg-xl: Reference codec implementation for JPEG XL compressed raster image format Details: It was discovered that libjxl did not perform proper bounds checking when parsing Exif tags. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libjxl to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-0645) It was discovered that libjxl did not perform proper bounds checking when decoding patches. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libjxl to enter an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-35790) It was discovered that libjxl did not perform proper bounds checking when performing JPEG recompression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libjxl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-11403) It was discovered that li...

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libjpegxl-java 0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1 libjxl-tools 0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1 libjxl0.7 0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7637-1

CVE-2023-0645, CVE-2023-35790, CVE-2024-11403, CVE-2024-11498

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7637-1

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/jpeg-xl/0.7.0-10.2ubuntu6.1

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