USN-7266-1: digiKam vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 February 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in digiKam.


Packages

  • digikam - digital photo management application for KDE

Details

Zinuo Han and Ao Wang discovered that the Android DNG SDK, vendored in
digiKam, did not correctly parse certain files. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-0691)

It was discovered that Platinum Upnp SDK, vendored in digiKam, was
vulnerable to a path traversal attack. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-19858)

It was discovered that LibRaw, vendored in digiKam, did not correctly
handle certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly
use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (

Zinuo Han and Ao Wang discovered that the Android DNG SDK, vendored in
digiKam, did not correctly parse certain files. An attacker could possibly
use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-0691)

It was discovered that Platinum Upnp SDK, vendored in digiKam, was
vulnerable to a path traversal attack. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-19858)

It was discovered that LibRaw, vendored in digiKam, did not correctly
handle certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly
use this issue to leak sensitive information. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-22628)

It was discovered that LibRaw, vendored in digiKam, did not correctly
handle certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-35530,
CVE-2020-35531, CVE-2020-35532, CVE-2020-35533)

It was discovered that LibRaw, vendored in digiKam, did not correctly
handle certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-32142)

It was discovered that LibRaw, vendored in digiKam, did not correctly
handle certain memory operations. If a user or automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-1729)


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
22.04 jammy digikam –  4:7.5.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
showfoto –  4:7.5.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 focal digikam –  4:6.4.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
showfoto –  4:6.4.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 bionic digikam –  4:5.6.0-0ubuntu10+esm1  
showfoto –  4:5.6.0-0ubuntu10+esm1  
16.04 xenial digikam –  4:4.12.0-0ubuntu7+esm1  
showfoto –  4:4.12.0-0ubuntu7+esm1  

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