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Ubuntu 17.04: USN-3418-1 Moderate GDK-PixBuf DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey September 18, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Vulnerabilities in GDK-PixBuf may lead to application crashes or enable the execution of unauthorized code when handling specially designed image files.
GDK-PixBuf could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

GDK-PixBuf could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- gdk-pixbuf: GDK Pixbuf library

Details:

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle

certain jpeg images. If an user or automated system were tricked into

opening a specially crafted jpeg file, a remote attacker could use this

flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or

possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2862)

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle

certain tiff images. If an user or automated system were tricked into

opening a specially crafted tiff file, a remote attacker could use this

flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or

possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2870)

Ariel Zelivansky discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not

properly handle printing certain error messages. If an user or

automate...

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Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu image processing crash issue GDK-PixBuf

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.04:
  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0              2.36.5-3ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0              2.32.2-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0              2.30.7-0ubuntu1.7

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3418-1

  CVE-2017-2862, CVE-2017-2870, CVE-2017-6311

September 18, 2017

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu image processing crash issue GDK-PixBuf

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.36.5-3ubuntu0.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.32.2-1ubuntu1.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.30.7-0ubuntu1.7

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