Ubuntu Security Notice 1911-1 - It was discovered that Little CMS did not properly verify certain memory allocations. If a user or automated system using Little CMS were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause Little CMS to crash.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1911-1
July 29, 2013
lcms2 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.04
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
Little CMS could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- lcms2: Little CMS 2 color management library
Details:
It was discovered that Little CMS did not properly verify certain memory
allocations. If a user or automated system using Little CMS were tricked
into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause Little CMS
to crash.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04:
liblcms2-2 2.4-0ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 12.10:
liblcms2-2 2.2+git20110628-2ubuntu4.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
liblcms2-2 2.2+git20110628-2ubuntu3.1
After a standard system update you need to restart any applications that
uses Little CMS to make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1911-1
CVE-2013-4160
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lcms2/2.4-0ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lcms2/2.2+git20110628-2ubuntu4.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lcms2/2.2+git20110628-2ubuntu3.1