USN-1559-1: GIMP vulnerabilities
10 September 2012
GIMP could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- gimp - The GNU Image Manipulation Program
Details
Joseph Sheridan discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain malformed
headers in FIT files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted FIT image file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash.
(CVE-2012-3236)
Murray McAllister discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed KiSS
palette files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted KiSS
palette file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the user's privileges. (CVE-2012-3403)
Matthias Weckbecker discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed GIF
image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF
image file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the user's privileges. (CVE-2012-3481)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 11.04
Ubuntu 10.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.