1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3539-1

USN-3539-1: GIMP vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 January 2018

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in GIMP.

Releases

Packages

  • gimp - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

Details

It was discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain images. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could possibly use
this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-17784, CVE-2017-17785, CVE-2017-17786,
CVE-2017-17787, CVE-2017-17788, CVE-2017-17789)

It was discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain images. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted image, an attacker could possibly use
this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-17784, CVE-2017-17785, CVE-2017-17786,
CVE-2017-17787, CVE-2017-17788, CVE-2017-17789)

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.04 trusty gimp –  2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2
libgimp2.0 –  2.8.10-0ubuntu1.2

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