========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5554-1 August 08, 2022 gdk-pixbuf vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 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 discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain GIF images. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF 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 20.04 LTS: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.3 After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5554-1 CVE-2021-46829 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.3