Ubuntu Security Update USN-4198-1: DjVuLibre vulnerabilities

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djvulibre vulnerabilities


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

• Ubuntu 19.10
• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary


Several security issues were fixed in DjVuLibre.

Software Description

• djvulibre - DjVu image format library and tools

Details


It was discovered that DjVuLibre incorrectly handled certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted DjVu file, a remote attacker could cause applications 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 19.10
libdjvulibre21 - 3.5.27.1-13ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 19.04
libdjvulibre21 - 3.5.27.1-10ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libdjvulibre21 - 3.5.27.1-8ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libdjvulibre21 - 3.5.27.1-5ubuntu0.1

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

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2019-15142
• CVE-2019-15143
• CVE-2019-15144
• CVE-2019-15145
• CVE-2019-18804

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