USN-5715-1: LibRaw vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

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.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04

• libraw19 - 0.19.5-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• libraw16 - 0.18.8-1ubuntu0.4

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2020-15503
• CVE-2020-35531
• CVE-2020-35533
• CVE-2020-35532
• CVE-2020-35530