libjpeg-turbo vulnerability

9 June 2020

libjpeg-turbo vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 19.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary

libjpeg-turbo could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted PPM file.

Software Description

• libjpeg-turbo - library for handling JPEG files

Details

It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo incorrectly handled certain PPM files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

libjpeg-turbo8 - 2.0.3-0ubuntu1.20.04.1

Ubuntu 19.10

libjpeg-turbo8 - 2.0.3-0ubuntu1.19.10.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libjpeg-turbo8 - 1.5.2-0ubuntu5.18.04.4

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libjpeg-turbo8 - 1.4.2-0ubuntu3.4

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

libjpeg-turbo8 - 1.3.0-0ubuntu2.1+esm1

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

libjpeg-turbo8 - 1.1.90+svn733-0ubuntu4.6

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2020-13790