USN-2060-1: libjpeg, libjpeg-turbo vulnerabilities
19 December 2013
libjpeg and libjpeg-turbo could be made to expose sensitive information.
Releases
Packages
- libjpeg-turbo - library for handling JPEG files
- libjpeg6b - library for handling JPEG files
Details
Michal Zalewski discovered that libjpeg and libjpeg-turbo incorrectly
handled certain memory operations. An attacker could use this issue with
a specially-crafted JPEG file to possibly expose sensitive information.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 13.10
Ubuntu 13.04
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libjpeg-turbo8
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1.2.1-0ubuntu2.13.04.1
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libjpeg62
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6b1-3ubuntu1.13.04.1
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libturbojpeg
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1.2.1-0ubuntu2.13.04.1
Ubuntu 12.10
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libjpeg-turbo8
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1.2.1-0ubuntu2.12.10.1
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libjpeg62
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6b1-2ubuntu2.1
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libturbojpeg
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1.2.1-0ubuntu2.12.10.1
Ubuntu 12.04
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libjpeg-turbo8
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1.1.90+svn733-0ubuntu4.3
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libjpeg62
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6b1-2ubuntu1.1
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libturbojpeg
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1.1.90+svn733-0ubuntu4.3
Ubuntu 10.04
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.