USN-3101-1: Tracker vulnerability
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3101-1
12th October, 2016
tracker vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Tracker could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software description
- tracker
– metadata database, indexer and search tool
Details
It was discovered that Tracker incorrectly handled certain malformed GIF
images. If a user or automated system were tricked into downloading a
specially-crafted GIF image, Tracker could crash, resulting in a denial of
service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
tracker-extract
1.6.2-0ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3101-1: Tracker vulnerability
