1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3706-1

USN-3706-1: libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities

Publication date

9 July 2018

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain malformed
JPEG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted JPEG image, a remote attacker could cause libjpeg-turbo
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain malformed
JPEG images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a
specially crafted JPEG image, a remote attacker could cause libjpeg-turbo
to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary
code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will 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 libjpeg-turbo8 –  1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.1
17.10 artful libjpeg-turbo8 –  1.5.2-0ubuntu5.17.10.1
16.04 xenial libjpeg-turbo8 –  1.4.2-0ubuntu3.1
14.04 trusty libjpeg-turbo8 –  1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1

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