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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6824-1 Medium: giflib Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey June 10, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Ubuntu Security Bulletin USN-6825-1 deals with vulnerabilities in libpng that may cause DoS across multiple Ubuntu releases.
Several security issues were fixed in giflib.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in giflib.

Software Description:

- giflib: library for GIF images (utilities)

Details:

It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

(CVE-2021-40633, CVE-2022-28506, CVE-2023-39742)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue update Ubuntu vulnerability giflib

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10
  giflib-tools                    5.2.1-2.5ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  giflib-tools                    5.1.9-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  giflib-tools                    5.1.9-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  giflib-tools                    5.1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  giflib-tools                    5.1.4-0.3~16.04.1+esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6824-1

CVE-2021-40633, CVE-2022-28506, CVE-2023-39742

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6824-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue update Ubuntu vulnerability giflib

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/giflib/5.2.1-2.5ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/giflib/5.1.9-2ubuntu0.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/giflib/5.1.9-1ubuntu0.1

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