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USN-5742-1: JBIG-KIT vulnerability

Severity

Negligible

Vendor

Canonical Ubuntu

Versions Affected

  • Canonical Ubuntu 16.04
  • Canonical Ubuntu 18.04

Description

It was discovered that JBIG-KIT incorrectly handled decoding certain large image files. If a user or automated system using JBIG-KIT were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-5742-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: jbigkit-bin – 2.1-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libjbig-dev – 2.1-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 libjbig0 – 2.1-3.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2017-9937.

Affected Cloud Foundry Products and Versions

Severity is negligible unless otherwise noted.

  • cflinuxfs3
    • All versions prior to 0.340.0
  • CF Deployment
    • All versions prior to 24.0.0

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:

  • cflinuxfs3
    • Upgrade all versions to 0.340.0 or greater
  • CF Deployment
    • Upgrade all versions to 24.0.0 or greater

History

2022-12-07: Initial vulnerability report published.

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