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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4107-1
August 20, 2019
giflib vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 19.04
– Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in GIFLIB.
Software Description:
– giflib: library for GIF images (utilities)
Details:
It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-3977)
It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-11490, CVE-2019-15133)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04:
giflib-tools 5.1.4-3ubuntu0.1
libgif7 5.1.4-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
giflib-tools 5.1.4-2ubuntu0.1
libgif7 5.1.4-2ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
giflib-tools 5.1.4-0.3~16.04.1
libgif7 5.1.4-0.3~16.04.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4107-1
CVE-2016-3977, CVE-2018-11490, CVE-2019-15133
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/giflib/5.1.4-3ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/giflib/5.1.4-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/giflib/5.1.4-0.3~16.04.1
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