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SUSE: 2012:1029-1 Important Gimp Heap Overflow Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 23, 2012
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a critical security patch for Gimp, targeting vulnerabilities linked to CVE-2012-3403. Ensure your system remains secure and up-to-date!
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update of The Gimp fixes a heap overflow that could have been exploited by attackers to cause a Denial of Service (application crash) or even to potentially execute arbitrary code (CVE-2012-3403). Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-3403 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sdksp1-gimp-6683 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sdksp1-gimp-6683 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-gimp-6683 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-gimp-6683

References

#775433

Cross- CVE-2012-3403

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3403.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1029-1
Rating: important

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