USN-4880-1: OpenJPEG vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• openjpeg2 - JPEG 2000 image compression/decompression library

Details

It was discovered that OpenJPEG incorrectly handled certain image data. An
attacker could use this issue to cause OpenJPEG to crash, leading to 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 16.04

• libopenjp2-7 - 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1
• libopenjp3d7 - 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1
• libopenjpip7 - 2.1.2-1.1+deb9u6build0.16.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2020-27841
• CVE-2020-27824
• CVE-2020-27814
• CVE-2020-27823
• CVE-2020-27845

Related notices

• USN-4685-1: libopenjp2-7, libopenjp2-7-dev, libopenjpip-dec-server, libopenjp3d-tools, libopenjpip7, libopenjp3d7, libopenjpip-viewer, openjpeg2, libopenjpip-server, libopenjp2-tools
• USN-4686-1: libgs9-common, libgs-dev, ghostscript, libgs9, ghostscript-doc, ghostscript-x
• USN-5952-1: libopenjp2-7, libopenjp2-7-dev, libopenjpip-dec-server, libopenjp3d-tools, libopenjpip7, libopenjp3d7, libopenjpip-viewer, openjpeg2, libopenjpip-server, libopenjp2-tools
• USN-5664-1: openjpip-viewer, openjpeg-tools, openjpip-viewer-xerces, libopenjpeg5, openjpeg, libopenjpeg-java, openjpip-server, libopenjpeg-dev, openjpip-dec-server