USN-7868-1: Raptor vulnerabilities

Publication date

10 November 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Raptor.

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Details

Hanno Böck discovered that Raptor incorrectly handled memory operations
when processing certain input files. An attacker could use this issue to
cause Raptor to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-18926)

Hanno Böck discovered that Raptor incorrectly handled memory operations
when processing certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Raptor to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2020-25713)

Hanno Böck discovered that Raptor incorrectly handled memory operations
when processing certain input files. An attacker could use this issue to
cause Raptor to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-18926)

Hanno Böck discovered that Raptor incorrectly handled memory operations
when processing certain input files. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Raptor to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2020-25713)

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
16.04 LTS xenial libraptor1 –  1.4.21-11ubuntu0.1~esm1  
raptor-utils –  1.4.21-11ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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