Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: USN-1559-1 Critical: Remote Code Execution in GIMP

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September 10, 2012

GIMP could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

GIMP could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a

specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- 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)

Topics Covered

security advisory remote code execution Ubuntu GIMP software flaw

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  gimp                            2.6.12-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 11.10:
  gimp                            2.6.11-2ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
  gimp                            2.6.11-1ubuntu6.3

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  gimp                            2.6.8-2ubuntu1.5

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.