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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-3178-1 Moderate: icoutils Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2017
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Ubuntu Security Advisory USN-3179-1 highlights vulnerabilities in the package xutils impacting Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
icoutils could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

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

a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- icoutils: Create and extract MS Windows icons and cursors

Details:

It was discovered that icoutils incorrectly handled memory when processing

certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a

specially crafted file, an attacker could cause icoutils to crash,

resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu icoutils threat description

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  icoutils                        0.29.1-2ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3178-1

CVE-2017-5208, CVE-2017-5331, CVE-2017-5332, CVE-2017-5333

January 24, 2017

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu icoutils threat description

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/icoutils/0.29.1-2ubuntu0.1

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