Ubuntu 12.10: 1659-1 Critical GIMP Program Execution Threat

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December 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:

It was discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed XWD files. If a

user were tricked into opening a specially crafted XWD file, an attacker

could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the

user's privileges.

Topics Covered

security advisory Ubuntu critical threat GIMP application flaw program execution malicious file

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
  gimp                            2.8.2-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  gimp                            2.6.12-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 11.10:
  gimp                            2.6.11-2ubuntu4.2

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
  gimp                            2.6.8-2ubuntu1.6

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