USN-5483-1: Exempi vulnerabilities

Publication date

16 June 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Exempi.


Packages

  • exempi - library to parse XMP metadata

Details

It was discovered that Exempi incorrectly handled certain media files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Exempi to stop responding or crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Exempi incorrectly handled certain media files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Exempi to stop responding or crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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
22.04 jammy libexempi8 –  2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
exempi –  2.5.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
21.10 impish libexempi8 –  2.5.2-1ubuntu0.21.10.1
exempi –  2.5.2-1ubuntu0.21.10.1
20.04 focal libexempi8 –  2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1
exempi –  2.5.1-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic exempi –  2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1
libexempi3 –  2.4.5-2ubuntu0.1

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