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.

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

high Nessus Plugin ID 176239

Version 1.2

Version 1.1

Version 1.0

Version 1.2 Aug 28, 2024, 7:43 PM CVSS metrics ("Cvssv4 score" set to 0.0) CVSSv2 severity (based on None, severity decreased from "High" to "Low") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202408281943
Version 1.1 Oct 21, 2023, 5:06 AM Detection Plugin Feed: 202310210506
Version 1.0 May 23, 2023, 8:04 PM New Plugin Feed: 202305232004