============================================================================ Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2722-1 August 26, 2015 gdk-pixbuf vulnerability ============================================================================ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 15.04 - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 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: Gustavo Grieco discovered that GDK-PixBuf incorrectly handled scaling bitmap images. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a BMP image 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 15.04: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.31.3-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.26.1-1ubuntu1.2 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2722-1 CVE-2015-4491 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.31.3-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.30.7-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.26.1-1ubuntu1.2