USN-7227-1: PCL vulnerability

USN-7227-1: PCL vulnerability
23 January 2025

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

Releases

• Ubuntu 24.10
• Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

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.

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

Ubuntu 24.10

• 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

Ubuntu 24.04

• libpcl-io1.14 - 1.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libpcl-recognition1.14 - 1.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• libpcl-visualization1.14 - 1.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• pcl-tools - 1.14.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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