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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS USN-3226-1 Moderate: icoutils Crash Risk

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Calendar Grey March 13, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Safety Alert USN-3226-1 outlines vulnerabilities in icoutils that may lead to system crashes or execution of arbitrary code on Ubuntu 12.04 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:

Jerzy Kramarz 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 arbitrary code execution ubuntu icoutils

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  icoutils                        0.29.1-2ubuntu0.2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3226-1

CVE-2017-6009, CVE-2017-6010, CVE-2017-6011

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March 13, 2017

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service arbitrary code execution ubuntu icoutils

Package Information

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

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