1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3838-1

USN-3838-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities

Publication date

6 December 2018

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 photo files. If a user or
automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted photo file, a
remote attacker could cause applications linked against LibRaw to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled photo files. If a user or
automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted photo file, a
remote attacker could cause applications linked against LibRaw 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
18.04 bionic libraw16 –  0.18.8-1ubuntu0.2
16.04 xenial libraw15 –  0.17.1-1ubuntu0.4
14.04 trusty libraw9 –  0.15.4-1ubuntu0.3

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