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openSUSE GIMP Significant Buffer Overflow Resolutions 2026-21359-1

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Calendar Grey July 16, 2026
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This openSUSE advisory details important updates for GIMP addressing multiple critical bugs and security vulnerabilities.
An update that solves 3 vulnerabilities and has 3 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for gimp fixes the following issues:

Changes in gimp:

- CVE-2026-58379: Fix PSP File Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow (bsc#1270299)

- CVE-2026-58380: Fix buffer overflow in pnmscanner_gettoken (bsc#1270444)

- CVE-2026-58381: Prevent double-freeing PSP layer name (bsc#1270239)

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-packagehub-422=1

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Topics Covered

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Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

gimp-3.0.8-bp160.5.1

gimp-devel-3.0.8-bp160.5.1

gimp-extension-goat-excercises-3.0.8-bp160.5.1

gimp-lang-3.0.8-bp160.5.1

gimp-plugin-aa-3.0.8-bp160.5.1

gimp-plugin-python3-3.0.8-bp160.5.1

gimp-vala-3.0.8-bp160.5.1

libgimp-3_0-0-3.0.8-bp160.5.1

libgimpui-3_0-0-3.0.8-bp160.5.1

References

* bsc#1270239

* bsc#1270299

* bsc#1270444

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-58379.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-58380.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-58381.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21359-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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