USN-3539-1: GIMP vulnerabilities
Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3539-1
22nd January, 2018
gimp vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in GIMP.
Software description
- gimp
– The GNU Image Manipulation Program
Details
It was discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain images. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could possibly use
this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-17784, CVE-2017-17785, CVE-2017-17786,
CVE-2017-17787, CVE-2017-17788, CVE-2017-17789)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
libgimp2.0
2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2
-
gimp
2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3539-1: GIMP vulnerabilities
