USN-3668-1: Exempi vulnerabilities

exempi vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 17.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary

Exempi could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description

• exempi - library to parse XMP metadata

Details

It was discovered that Exempi incorrectly handled certain media files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Exempi to hang or 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 17.10

exempi - 2.4.3-1ubuntu1.1

libexempi3 - 2.4.3-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

exempi - 2.2.2-2ubuntu0.1

libexempi3 - 2.2.2-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

exempi - 2.2.1-1ubuntu1.1

libexempi3 - 2.2.1-1ubuntu1.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2017-18233
• CVE-2017-18234
• CVE-2017-18236
• CVE-2017-18238
• CVE-2018-7728
• CVE-2018-7729
• CVE-2018-7730
• CVE-2018-7731

from Ubuntu Security Notices https://ift.tt/2JrMgN7