Ubuntu 16.10: USN-3185-1 Moderate: libXpm Service Interruption

ubuntu

February 1, 2017

libXpm could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

libXpm could be made to crash or run programs if it opened a specially

crafted file.

Software Description:

- libxpm: X11 pixmap library

Details:

It was discovered that libXpm incorrectly handled certain XPM files. If a

user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted XPM

file, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause libXpm to crash,

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

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service system update ubuntu libxpm

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.10:
  libxpm4                         1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.10.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libxpm4                         1:3.5.11-1ubuntu0.16.04.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libxpm4                         1:3.5.10-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  libxpm4                         1:3.5.9-4ubuntu0.1

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.