USN-2056-1: DjVuLibre vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• 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, applications could be made to 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 12.04

• libdjvulibre21 - 3.5.24-9ubuntu0.1

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

References

• CVE-2012-6535