lcms2 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in Little CMS.
Software Description
- lcms2 - Little CMS color management library
Details
Ibrahim El-Sayed discovered that Little CMS incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2016-10165)
Quang Nguyen discovered that Little CMS incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16435)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- liblcms2-2 - 2.9-1ubuntu0.1
- liblcms2-utils - 2.9-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- liblcms2-2 - 2.6-3ubuntu2.1
- liblcms2-utils - 2.6-3ubuntu2.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- liblcms2-2 - 2.5-0ubuntu4.2
- liblcms2-utils - 2.5-0ubuntu4.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart applications using Little CMS to make all the necessary changes.