USN-7227-1: PCL vulnerability

Publication date

23 January 2025

Overview

PCL could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.


Packages

  • pcl - Point Cloud Library for 2D/3D image and point cloud processing

Details

It was discovered that PCL incorrectly handled certain malformed files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly exploit this to cause a denial of service.

It was discovered that PCL incorrectly handled certain malformed files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted
file, an attacker could possibly exploit this to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
24.10 oracular libpcl-io1.14 –  1.14.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2
libpcl-recognition1.14 –  1.14.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2
libpcl-visualization1.14 –  1.14.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2
pcl-tools –  1.14.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2
24.04 noble libpcl-io1.14 –  1.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libpcl-recognition1.14 –  1.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libpcl-visualization1.14 –  1.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
pcl-tools –  1.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
22.04 jammy libpcl-io1.12 –  1.12.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm2  
libpcl-recognition1.12 –  1.12.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm2  
libpcl-visualization1.12 –  1.12.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm2  
pcl-tools –  1.12.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm2  
20.04 focal libpcl-io1.10 –  1.10.0+dfsg-5ubuntu1+esm2  
libpcl-recognition1.10 –  1.10.0+dfsg-5ubuntu1+esm2  
libpcl-visualization1.10 –  1.10.0+dfsg-5ubuntu1+esm2  
pcl-tools –  1.10.0+dfsg-5ubuntu1+esm2  
18.04 bionic libpcl-io1.8 –  1.8.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.18.04.1+esm1  
libpcl-recognition1.8 –  1.8.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.18.04.1+esm1  
libpcl-visualization1.8 –  1.8.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.18.04.1+esm1  
pcl-tools –  1.8.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu2.18.04.1+esm1  
16.04 xenial libpcl-io1.7 –  1.7.2-14ubuntu0.1+esm1  
libpcl-recognition1.7 –  1.7.2-14ubuntu0.1+esm1  
libpcl-visualization1.7 –  1.7.2-14ubuntu0.1+esm1  
pcl-tools –  1.7.2-14ubuntu0.1+esm1  

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