USN-5005-1: DjVuLibre vulnerability

Publication date

5 July 2021

Overview

DjVuLibre could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • djvulibre - DjVu image format library and tools

Details

It was discovered that DjVuLibre incorrectly handled certain djvu files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or
cause a crash.

It was discovered that DjVuLibre incorrectly handled certain djvu files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or
cause a crash.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 LTS bionic libdjvulibre21 –  3.5.27.1-8ubuntu0.4
16.04 LTS xenial libdjvulibre21 –  3.5.27.1-5ubuntu0.1+esm2  

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