Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5838-1
February 01, 2023
advancecomp vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 22.10
– Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in AdvanceCOMP.
Software Description:
– advancecomp: collection of recompression utilities
Details:
It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP did not properly manage memory while
performing read operations on MNG file. If a user were tricked into opening
a specially crafted MNG file, a remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-35014, CVE-2022-35017, CVE-2022-35018, CVE-2022-35019,
CVE-2022-35020)
It was discovered that AdvanceCOMP did not properly manage memory while
performing read operations on ZIP file. If a user were tricked into opening
a specially crafted ZIP file, a remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause AdvanceCOMP to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-35015, CVE-2022-35016)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.10:
advancecomp 2.3-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
advancecomp 2.1-2.1ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
advancecomp 2.1-2.1ubuntu0.20.04.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
advancecomp 2.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.3
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
advancecomp 1.20-1ubuntu0.2+esm2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5838-1
CVE-2022-35014, CVE-2022-35015, CVE-2022-35016, CVE-2022-35017,
CVE-2022-35018, CVE-2022-35019, CVE-2022-35020
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/advancecomp/2.3-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/advancecomp/2.1-2.1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/advancecomp/2.1-2.1ubuntu0.20.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/advancecomp/2.1-1ubuntu0.18.04.3
