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SUSE: 2012:1038-1 Important: Gimp Heap Overflow Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey August 24, 2012
Dist Suse Esm H88
An urgent security notice regarding GIMP highlights a dangerous buffer overflow flaw in SUSE Linux systems. Update immediately!
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 to potentially execute arbitrary code (CVE-2012-3481). Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-3481 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-6712 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sdksp1-gimp-6712 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-gimp-6712 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-gimp-6712

References

#724628

Cross- CVE-2012-3481

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

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

SLE SDK 10 SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3481.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1038-1
Rating: important

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