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Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: 880-1 Critical: GIMP Code Execution Risk
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January 7, 2010
Uncover vital vulnerabilities in GIMP on Ubuntu that impact user rights, launch an update immediately for enhanced protection.
Stefan Cornelius discovered that GIMP did not correctly handle certain malformed BMP files
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