USN-6586-1: FreeImage vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.10
• Ubuntu 23.04
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• freeimage - Support library for graphics image formats

Details

It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly handled certain memory
operations. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF file, a
remote attacker could use this issue to cause a heap buffer overflow,
resulting in a denial of service attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu
16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-12211)

It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed images under
certain circumstances. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted TIFF
file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a stack
exhaustion condition, resulting in a denial of service attack. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-12213)

It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed certain images.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted image file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-21427,
CVE-2020-21428)

It was discovered that FreeImage incorrectly processed certain images.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially
crafted PFM file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2020-22524)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10

• libfreeimage3 - 3.18.0+ds2-9.1ubuntu0.1
• libfreeimageplus3 - 3.18.0+ds2-9.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 23.04

• libfreeimage3 - 3.18.0+ds2-9ubuntu0.1
• libfreeimageplus3 - 3.18.0+ds2-9ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• libfreeimage3 - 3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1
• libfreeimageplus3 - 3.18.0+ds2-6ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• libfreeimage3 - 3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1
• libfreeimageplus3 - 3.18.0+ds2-1ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• libfreeimage3 - 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libfreeimageplus3 - 3.17.0+ds1-5+deb9u1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• libfreeimage3 - 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libfreeimageplus3 - 3.17.0+ds1-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• libfreeimage3 - 3.15.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm3
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2020-21427
• CVE-2020-21428
• CVE-2019-12213
• CVE-2020-22524
• CVE-2019-12211

Related notices

• USN-4529-1: libfreeimageplus-doc, libfreeimage-dev, libfreeimageplus3, freeimage, libfreeimageplus-dev, libfreeimage3