1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4156-1

USN-4156-1: SDL vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 October 2019

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in SDL.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that SDL incorrectly handled certain images. If a user
were tricked into opening a crafted image file, a remote attacker could
use this issue to cause SDL to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that SDL incorrectly handled certain images. If a user
were tricked into opening a crafted image file, a remote attacker could
use this issue to cause SDL 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 libsdl1.2debian –  1.2.15+dfsg2-0.1ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial libsdl1.2debian –  1.2.15+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1

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