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Ubuntu 15.10 USN-3025-1 Moderate: GIMP Code Execution Risk

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GIMP could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3025-1
July 05, 2016

gimp vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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 XCF files. If a
user were tricked into opening a specially crafted XCF file, an attacker
could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the
user's privileges.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 15.10:
  gimp                            2.8.14-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  gimp                            2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  gimp                            2.6.12-1ubuntu1.4

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3025-1
  CVE-2016-4994

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.8.14-1ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.6.12-1ubuntu1.4


Ubuntu 15.10 USN-3025-1 Moderate: GIMP Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 5, 2016
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Potential GIMP security flaw might lead to system crashes or enable code execution on Ubuntu; updates to rectify the issue have been released.
GIMP could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 15.10: gimp 2.8.14-1ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: gimp 2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: gimp 2.6.12-1ubuntu1.4 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3025-1

CVE-2016-4994

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July 05, 2016

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.8.14-1ubuntu2.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.6.12-1ubuntu1.4

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