1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2918-1

USN-2918-1: pixman vulnerability

Publication date

3 March 2016

Overview

pixman could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it processed specially crafted data.

Releases

Packages

  • pixman - pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo

Details

Vincent LE GARREC discovered an integer underflow in pixman. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could
cause pixman to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Vincent LE GARREC discovered an integer underflow in pixman. If a user were
tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could
cause pixman to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to 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 libpixman-1-0 –  0.30.2-2ubuntu1.1
12.04 precise libpixman-1-0 –  0.30.2-1ubuntu0.0.0.0.3

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