USN-5864-1: Fig2dev vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• fig2dev - Utilities for converting XFig figure files

Details

Frederic Cambus discovered that Fig2dev incorrectly handled certain image
files. If a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain
specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-14275)

It was discovered that Fig2dev incorrectly handled certain image files. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2019-19555, CVE-2019-19797, CVE-2020-21529,
CVE-2020-21530, CVE-2020-21531, CVE-2020-21532, CVE-2020-21533,
CVE-2020-21534, CVE-2020-21535, CVE-2020-21675, CVE-2020-21676,
CVE-2021-3561)

It was discovered that Fig2dev incorrectly handled certain image files. If
a user or an automated system were tricked into opening a certain specially
crafted input file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service. (CVE-2021-32280)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04

• fig2dev - 1:3.2.7a-7ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• transfig - 1:3.2.6a-6ubuntu1.1
• fig2dev - 1:3.2.6a-6ubuntu1.1

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

References

• CVE-2019-19797
• CVE-2020-21534
• CVE-2020-21530
• CVE-2020-21533
• CVE-2021-32280
• CVE-2019-19555
• CVE-2020-21535
• CVE-2021-3561
• CVE-2020-21529
• CVE-2020-21676
• CVE-2020-21675
• CVE-2020-21531
• CVE-2020-21532
• CVE-2019-14275