USN-4782-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• openjpeg2 - JPEG 2000 image compression/decompression library

Details

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image files. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
CVE-2016-10506 and CVE-2017-12982 affected only Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
CVE-2018-16375, CVE-2018-20845 and CVE-2019-12973 affected only
Ubuntu 18.04 ESM.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04

• libopenjp2-7 - 2.3.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• libopenjp2-7 - 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2018-5727
• CVE-2019-12973
• CVE-2017-12982
• CVE-2018-20845
• CVE-2016-10506
• CVE-2018-16375

Related notices

• USN-4686-1: ghostscript-doc, libgs-dev, ghostscript-x, libgs9, libgs9-common, ghostscript
• USN-4497-1: libopenjp2-7, libopenjpip-dec-server, libopenjp3d7, libopenjpip-viewer, openjpeg2, libopenjp2-7-dev, libopenjpip-server, libopenjp2-tools, libopenjp3d-tools, libopenjpip7
• USN-5664-1: openjpeg-tools, libopenjpeg-java, libopenjpeg-dev, openjpeg, openjpip-viewer-xerces, libopenjpeg5, openjpip-dec-server, openjpip-server, openjpip-viewer