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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3025-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3025-1
Posted Jul 5, 2016
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 3025-1 - It was discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed XCF files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted XCF file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

tags | advisory, arbitrary
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2016-4994
SHA-256 | f4883d83e7653e58a5a51631f142e075260510c3732cfb4884abb838a6206bfa

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3025-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3025-1
July 05, 2016

gimp 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:

GIMP could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- gimp: The GNU Image Manipulation Program

Details:

It was discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed XCF files. If a
user were tricked into opening a specially crafted XCF file, an attacker
could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the
user's privileges.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
gimp 2.8.14-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
gimp 2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
gimp 2.6.12-1ubuntu1.4

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3025-1
CVE-2016-4994

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.8.14-1ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.6.12-1ubuntu1.4


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