libexif vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in libexif.
Software Description
Liu Bingchang discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6328)
Lili Xu and Bingchang Liu discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-7544)
It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9278)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
libexif12 - 0.6.21-5.1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libexif12 - 0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libexif12 - 0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
libexif12 - 0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
libexif12 - 0.6.20-2ubuntu0.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Several security issues were fixed in libexif.
Software Description
- libexif - library to parse EXIF files
Liu Bingchang discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6328)
Lili Xu and Bingchang Liu discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information or cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 ESM, Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-7544)
It was discovered that libexif incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-9278)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
libexif12 - 0.6.21-5.1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libexif12 - 0.6.21-4ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libexif12 - 0.6.21-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
libexif12 - 0.6.21-1ubuntu1+esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
libexif12 - 0.6.20-2ubuntu0.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes.
References
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