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  2. USN-6098-1

USN-6098-1: Jhead vulnerabilities

Publication date

23 May 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Jhead.

Releases

Packages

  • jhead - Manipulate the non-image part of Exif compliant JPEG files

Details

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
while processing the JFIF markers. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-19035)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
while processing longitude tags. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-1010301)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
while processing IPTC data. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-1010302)

Binbin Li discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
while processing the DQT data....

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
while processing the JFIF markers. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-19035)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
while processing longitude tags. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-1010301)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
while processing IPTC data. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-1010302)

Binbin Li discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
while processing the DQT data. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash.
(CVE-2020-6624)

Binbin Li discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
while processing longitude data. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash.
(CVE-2020-6625)

Feng Zhao Yang discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted
images while reading JPEG sections. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash.
(CVE-2020-26208)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
while processing Canon images. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash.
(CVE-2021-28276)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images
when removing a certain type of sections. An attacker could cause Jhead to
crash. (CVE-2021-28278)

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
20.04 focal jhead –  1:3.04-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic jhead –  1:3.00-8~ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial jhead –  1:3.00-4+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
14.04 trusty jhead –  1:2.97-1+deb8u2ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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