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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2022.5553.1
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5553-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'libjpeg-turbo' package(s) announced via the USN-5553-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'libjpeg-turbo' package(s) announced via the USN-5553-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo was not properly handling EOF characters,
which could lead to excessive memory consumption through the execution of a
large loop. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2018-11813)

It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo was not properly performing bounds
check operations, which could lead to a heap-based buffer overread. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-14498)

It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo was not properly limiting the amount of
main memory being consumed by the system during decompression or multi-pass
compression operations, which could lead to excessive memory consumption. An
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2020-14152)

It was discovered that libjpeg-turbo was not properly setting variable sizes
when performing certain kinds of encoding operations, which could lead to a
stack-based buffer overflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-17541)

Affected Software/OS:
'libjpeg-turbo' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-11813
http://www.ijg.org/files/jpegsrc.v9d.tar.gz
https://bugs.gentoo.org/727908
https://github.com/ChijinZ/security_advisories/blob/master/libjpeg-v9c/mail.pdf
https://github.com/ChijinZ/security_advisories/tree/master/libjpeg-v9c
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:2052
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2052
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1118 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00015.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2019:1343 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00015.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-14498
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F7YP4QUEYGHI4Q7GIAVFVKWQ7DJMBYLU/
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/commit/9c78a04df4e44ef6487eee99c4258397f4fdca55
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/258
https://github.com/mozilla/mozjpeg/issues/299
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00021.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00033.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2019:3705
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3705
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4190-1/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-14152
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-17541
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/121.html
https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo/issues/392
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