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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-5680-1 Critical: gThumb DoS Issues

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Calendar Grey October 14, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
gThumb security flaws addressed on Ubuntu. Patches released to rectify problems that could lead to possible DoS and arbitrary code execution threats.
Several security issues were fixed in gThumb.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in gThumb.

Software Description:

- gthumb: image viewer and browser

Details:

It was discovered that gThumb did not properly managed

memory when processing certain image files. If a user were

tricked into opening a specially crafted JPEG file, an

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause gThumb to

crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly

execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-20326)

It was discovered that gThumb did not properly handled

certain malformed image files. If a user were tricked into

opening a specially crafted JPEG file, an attacker could

possibly use this issue to cause gThumb to crash, resulting

in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-36427)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu image processing gThumb

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
gthumb 3:3.8.0-2.1ubuntu0.1
gthumb-data 3:3.8.0-2.1ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5680-1

CVE-2019-20326, CVE-2020-36427

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October 14, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Ubuntu image processing gThumb

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