USN-1884-1: LibRaw vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.04
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

• libraw - raw image decoder library

Details

It was discovered that LibRaw incorrectly handled broken full-color images.
If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially
crafted raw image, applications linked against LibRaw could be made to
crash, resulting in 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 13.04

• libraw5 - 0.14.7-0ubuntu1.13.04.1

Ubuntu 12.10

• libraw5 - 0.14.7-0ubuntu1.12.10.1

Ubuntu 12.04

• libraw5 - 0.14.4-0ubuntu2.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-2126

Related notices

• USN-1885-1: libkdcraw, libkdcraw20