USN-2961-1: Little CMS vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2961-1
4th May, 2016
lcms2 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Applications using the Little CMS library could be made to crash or
run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- lcms2
– Little CMS color management library
Details
It was discovered that a double free() could occur when the intent handling
code in the Little CMS library detected an error. An attacker could use
this to specially craft a file that caused an application using the Little
CMS library to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
liblcms2-utils
2.5-0ubuntu4.1
-
liblcms2-2
2.5-0ubuntu4.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart applications using
Little CMS to make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-2961-1: Little CMS vulnerability
