[USN-6586-1] FreeImage vulnerabilities

[Fabian Toepfer]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6586-1
January 16, 2024

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

- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 23.04
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in FreeImage.

Software Description:
- freeimage: Support library for graphics image formats

Details:

It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF file, a
remote attacker could use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow,
resulting in a denial of service attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu
16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-12211)

It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed images under
certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a stack
exhaustion condition, resulting in a denial of service attack. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-12213)

It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed certain images.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-21427,
CVE-2020-21428)

It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed certain images.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted PFM file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2020-22524)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
   libfreeimage3                   3.18.0+ds2-9.1ubuntu0.1
   libfreeimageplus3               3.18.0+ds2-9.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 23.04:
   libfreeimage3                   3.18.0+ds2-9ubuntu0.1
   libfreeimageplus3               3.18.0+ds2-9ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   libfreeimage3                   3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1
   libfreeimageplus3               3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   libfreeimage3                   3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1
   libfreeimageplus3               3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libfreeimage3 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
   libfreeimageplus3 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libfreeimage3                   3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
   libfreeimageplus3               3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   libfreeimage3                   3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm3

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6586-1
   CVE-2019-12211, CVE-2019-12213, CVE-2020-21427, CVE-2020-21428,
   CVE-2020-22524

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeimage/3.18.0+ds2-9.1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeimage/3.18.0+ds2-9ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeimage/3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeimage/3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1

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