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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3912-1
March 20, 2019
gdk-pixbuf vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary:
GDK-PixBuf could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
– gdk-pixbuf: GDK Pixbuf library
Details:
It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle
certain BMP images. If an user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted BMP file, a remote attacker could use this flaw
to cause GDK-PixBuf 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 16.04 LTS:
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.6
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3912-1
CVE-2017-12447
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.32.2-1ubuntu1.6
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