USN-6369-2: libwebp vulnerability

Severity

Medium

Vendor

VMware Tanzu

Versions Affected

Canonical Ubuntu 18.04

Description

USN-6369-1 fixed a vulnerability in libwebp. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Original advisory details: It was discovered that libwebp incorrectly handled certain malformed images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libwebp to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6369-2` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: webp - 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1 libwebp6 - 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1 libwebpmux3 - 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1 libwebp-dev - 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1 libwebpdemux2 - 0.6.1-2ubuntu0.18.04.2+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro

CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2023-4863

Affected VMware Products and Versions

Severity is medium unless otherwise noted.

Isolation Segment
- 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.40
- 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.25
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.18
- 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.10+LTS-T

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.11.x versions prior to 2.11.46
- 2.13.x versions prior to 2.13.28
- 3.0.x versions prior to 3.0.18
- 4.0.x versions prior to 4.0.10+LTS-T

Mitigation

Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigation below. On the Tanzu Network product page for each release, check the Depends On section and/or Release Notes for this information. Releases that have fixed this issue include:

Isolation Segment
- 2.11.40
- 2.13.25
- 3.0.18
- 4.0.10+LTS-T

VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs
- 2.11.46
- 2.13.28
- 3.0.18
- 4.0.10+LTS-T

References

History

2023-10-18: Initial vulnerability report published.