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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2898-2
February 15, 2016
eog vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 15.10
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
– Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Eye of GNOME could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted image.
Software Description:
– eog: Eye of GNOME graphics viewer program
Details:
It was discovered that Eye of GNOME incorrectly handled certain large
images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted image, a
remote attacker could use this issue to cause Eye of GNOME to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 15.10:
eog 3.16.3-1ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
eog 3.10.2-0ubuntu5.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
eog 3.4.2-0ubuntu1.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2898-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2898-1
CVE-2013-7447
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/3.16.3-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/3.10.2-0ubuntu5.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eog/3.4.2-0ubuntu1.2
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