Ubuntu Security Notice 6806-1 - Pedro Ribeiro and Vitor Pedreira discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain ANI files. An attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to possibly execute arbitrary code.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6806-1
June 05, 2024
gdk-pixbuf vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- 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:
Pedro Ribeiro and Vitor Pedreira discovered that the GDK-PixBuf
library did not properly handle certain ANI files. An attacker
could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in
a denial of service, or to possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.10+dfsg-3ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 23.10
libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.11-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.6+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all
the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6806-1
CVE-2022-48622
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.42.10+dfsg-3ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.42.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.42.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5