USN-4987-2: ExifTool vulnerability
8 February 2022
ExifTool could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- libimage-exiftool-perl - library and program to read and write meta information in multime
Details
USN-4987-1 fixed a vulnerability in ExifTool. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that ExifTool did not properly sanitize user data for the
DjVu file format. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a DoS or
possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.04
-
libimage-exiftool-perl
-
10.10-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.