1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1884-1

USN-1884-1: LibRaw vulnerability

Publication date

18 June 2013

Overview

LibRaw could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • libraw - raw image decoder library

Details

It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled broken full-color images.
If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially
crafted raw image, applications linked against LibRaw could be made to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled broken full-color images.
If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially
crafted raw image, applications linked against LibRaw could be made to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

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
13.04 raring libraw5 –  0.14.7-0ubuntu1.13.04.1
12.10 quantal libraw5 –  0.14.7-0ubuntu1.12.10.1
12.04 precise libraw5 –  0.14.4-0ubuntu2.1

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