USN-3178-1: icoutils vulnerabilities
USN-3178-1: icoutils vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3178-1 24th January, 2017 icoutils vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary icoutils could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software description icoutils – Create and extract MS Windows icons and cursors Details It was discovered that icoutils incorrectly handled memory when processingcertain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening aspecially crafted file, an attacker could cause icoutils 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 version: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: icoutils 0.29.1-2ubuntu0.1 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will make all the [ more… ]