USN-4190-1: libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• libjpeg-turbo - library for handling JPEG files

Details

It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain BMP images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-14498)

It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain JPEG images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2018-19664)

It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain BMP images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 19.04. (CVE-2018-20330)

It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain JPEG images.
An attacker could possibly cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2019-2201)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

• libjpeg-turbo8 - 2.0.1-0ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 18.04

• libjpeg-turbo8 - 1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.3

Ubuntu 16.04

• libjpeg-turbo8 - 1.4.2-0ubuntu3.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2018-14498
• CVE-2018-19664
• CVE-2018-20330
• CVE-2019-2201

Related notices

• USN-5553-1: libjpeg-turbo8, libjpeg-turbo8-dev, libjpeg-turbo, libturbojpeg, libjpeg-turbo-test, libjpeg-turbo-progs