1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-312-1

USN-312-1: gimp vulnerability

Publication date

10 July 2006

Overview

gimp vulnerability

Releases

Details

Henning Makholm discovered that gimp did not sufficiently validate the
‘num_axes’ parameter in XCF files. By tricking a user into opening a
specially crafted XCF file with Gimp, an attacker could exploit this
to execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.

Henning Makholm discovered that gimp did not sufficiently validate the
‘num_axes’ parameter in XCF files. By tricking a user into opening a
specially crafted XCF file with Gimp, an attacker could exploit this
to execute arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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
6.06 dapper libgimp2.0 –  2.2.11-1ubuntu3.1
gimp –  2.2.11-1ubuntu3.1
5.10 breezy libgimp2.0 –  2.2.8-2ubuntu6.1
gimp –  2.2.8-2ubuntu6.1
5.04 hoary libgimp2.0 –  2.2.2-1ubuntu5.1
gimp –  2.2.2-1ubuntu5.1

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