USN-1978-1: libKDcraw vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• libkdcraw - RAW picture decoding library

Details

It was discovered that libKDcraw incorrectly handled photo files. If a user
or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted photo
file, applications linked against libKDcraw could be made to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2013-1438, CVE-2013-1439)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04

• libkdcraw20 - 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.3

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-1438
• CVE-2013-1439

Related notices

• USN-1964-1: libraw, libraw5