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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-8235-1 ITK Important Code Exec Issues

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Calendar Grey May 7, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several vulnerabilities have been fixed in ITK for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, preventing crashes and code execution.
Several security issues were fixed in ITK.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in ITK.

Software Description:

- insighttoolkit: Toolkit for N-dimensional scientific image processing, segmentation, and registration

Details:

It was discovered that Expat, vendored in ITK incorrectly handled certain

files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash or

execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25235, CVE-2022-25236)

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution Ubuntu important system crash insighttoolkit

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  libinsighttoolkit3.20           3.20.1+git20120521-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8235-1

CVE-2022-25235, CVE-2022-25236

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-8235-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution Ubuntu important system crash insighttoolkit

Package Information

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