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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6760-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6760-1
Posted May 1, 2024
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 6760-1 - George-Andrei Iosif and David Fernandez Gonzalez discovered that Gerbv did not properly initialize a data structure when parsing certain nested RS-274X format files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

tags | advisory, denial of service
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2023-4508
SHA-256 | 17978e436015209b652836f16189a4839bd9524fb9c7fa08f62a850a68c2395b

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6760-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6760-1
April 30, 2024

gerbv vulnerability
==========================================================================

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- - Ubuntu 23.10
- - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Gerbv could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted input file.

Software Description:
- - gerbv: Gerber file viewer for PCB design

Details:

George-Andrei Iosif and David Fernandez Gonzalez discovered that Gerbv did
not properly initialize a data structure when parsing certain nested
RS-274X format files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service (application crash).

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 23.10
gerbv 2.9.8-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
gerbv 2.8.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
gerbv 2.7.0-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
gerbv 2.6.1-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
gerbv 2.6.0-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
gerbv 2.6.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6760-1
CVE-2023-4508

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gerbv/2.9.8-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gerbv/2.7.0-1ubuntu0.2

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