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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6675-1
March 05, 2024

ruby-image-processing vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

ImageProcessing could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator
if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description:
- ruby-image-processing: High-level image processing wrapper for libvips and 
ImageMagick/GraphicsMagick

Details:

It was discovered that ImageProcessing incorrectly handled series of operations
that are coming from unsanitised inputs. If a user or an automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted input file, a remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   ruby-image-processing           1.10.3-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   ruby-image-processing           1.10.3-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6675-1
   CVE-2022-24720

Package Information:
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-image-processing/1.10.3-1ubuntu0.22.04.1
 
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ruby-image-processing/1.10.3-1ubuntu0.20.04.1