[USN-3639-1] LibRaw vulnerabilities

Leonidas S. Barbosa leo.barbosa at canonical.com
Tue May 8 15:08:38 UTC 2018


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3639-1
May 08, 2018

libraw vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in LibRaw.

Software Description:
- libraw: raw image decoder library

Details:

It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2018-10528)

It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled certain files.
An attacker could possibly use this to obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2018-10529)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  libraw16                        0.18.8-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 17.10:
  libraw16                        0.18.2-2ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libraw15                        0.17.1-1ubuntu0.3

After a standard system update you need to restart your session
to make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3639-1
  CVE-2018-10528, CVE-2018-10529

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libraw/0.18.8-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libraw/0.18.2-2ubuntu0.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libraw/0.17.1-1ubuntu0.3
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