USN-3185-1: libXpm vulnerability
USN-3185-1: libXpm vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3185-1 1st February, 2017 libxpm vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary libXpm could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file. Software description libxpm – X11 pixmap library Details It was discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain XPM files. If auser or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted XPMfile, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libXpm 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 16.10: libxpm4 1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.10.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libxpm4 1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libxpm4 1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libxpm4 1:3.5.9-4ubuntu0.1 To [ more… ]