USN-3532-1: GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3532-1
15th January, 2018
gdk-pixbuf vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 17.10
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in GDK-PixBuf.
Software description
- gdk-pixbuf
– GDK Pixbuf library
Details
It was discoreved that GDK-PixBuf incorrectly handled certain gif images.
An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-1000422)
Ariel Zelivansky discovered that GDK-PixBuf incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-6312, CVE-2017-6313)
Ariel Zelivansky discovered that GDK-PixBuf incorrectly handled large TIFF files.
An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6314)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 17.10:
-
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
2.36.11-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
-
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
2.32.2-1ubuntu1.4
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
2.30.7-0ubuntu1.8
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.
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