SDL 2.0 vulnerabilities

30 September 2019

SDL 2.0 vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

SDL 2.0 could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description

• libsdl2 - Simple DirectMedia Layer: cross-platform development library providing access to low level media interfaces

Details

It was discovered that SDL 2.0 mishandled crafted image files resulting in an integer overflow. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious file, SDL 2.0 could be caused to crash or potentially run arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2888)

It was discovered that SDL 2.0 mishandled crafted image files. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious file, SDL 2.0 could be caused to crash or potentially run arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-7635, CVE-2019-7636, CVE-2019-7637, CVE-2019-7638)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 19.04

libsdl2-2.0-0 - 2.0.9+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

libsdl2-2.0-0 - 2.0.8+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.18.04.4

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

libsdl2-2.0-0 - 2.0.4+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.16.04.2

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-2017-2888
• CVE-2019-7635
• CVE-2019-7636
• CVE-2019-7637
• CVE-2019-7638