USN-3912-1: GDK-PixBuf vulnerability
gdk-pixbuf vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
GDK-PixBuf could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it
opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description
- gdk-pixbuf – GDK Pixbuf library
Details
It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle
certain BMP images. If an user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted BMP file, a remote attacker could use this flaw
to cause GDK-PixBuf 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 versions:
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 – 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.6
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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