USN-3639-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities

Publication date

8 May 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in LibRaw.


Packages

  • 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)

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic libraw16 –  0.18.8-1ubuntu0.1
17.10 artful libraw16 –  0.18.2-2ubuntu0.3
16.04 xenial libraw15 –  0.17.1-1ubuntu0.3

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