USN-5671-1: AdvanceCOMP vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• advancecomp - collection of recompression utilities

Details

It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP did not properly manage memory of function
be_uint32_read() under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted binary file, a remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-8379)

It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP did not properly manage memory of function
adv_png_unfilter_8() under certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into
opening a specially crafted PNG file, a remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-8383)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04

• advancecomp - 2.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.2

Ubuntu 16.04

• advancecomp - 1.20-1ubuntu0.2+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2019-8379
• CVE-2019-8383