Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS : Jhead vulnerabilities (USN-6098-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176239

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6098-1 advisory.

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images while processing the JFIF markers. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-19035)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images while processing longitude tags. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-1010301)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images while processing IPTC data. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2019-1010302)

Binbin Li discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images while processing the DQT data. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. (CVE-2020-6624)

Binbin Li discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images while processing longitude data. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. (CVE-2020-6625)

Feng Zhao Yang discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images while reading JPEG sections. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. (CVE-2020-26208)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images while processing Canon images.
An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. (CVE-2021-28276)

It was discovered that Jhead did not properly handle certain crafted images when removing a certain type of sections. An attacker could cause Jhead to crash. (CVE-2021-28278)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected jhead package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6098-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176239

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6098-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/23/2023

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28278

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:jhead, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1010301, CVE-2019-1010302, CVE-2019-19035, CVE-2020-26208, CVE-2020-6624, CVE-2020-6625, CVE-2021-28276, CVE-2021-28278

USN: 6098-1