Details
M. Joonas Pihlaja discovered that imlib2 did not sufficiently verify the
validity of ARGB, JPG, LBM, PNG, PNM, TGA, and TIFF images. If a user
were tricked into viewing or processing a specially crafted image with
an application that uses imlib2, the flaws could be exploited to execute
arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
M. Joonas Pihlaja discovered that imlib2 did not sufficiently verify the
validity of ARGB, JPG, LBM, PNG, PNM, TGA, and TIFF images. If a user
were tricked into viewing or processing a specially crafted image with
an application that uses imlib2, the flaws could be exploited 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.10 edgy | libimlib2 – 1.2.1-2ubuntu1.1 | ||
| 6.06 dapper | libimlib2 – 1.2.1-2ubuntu0.1 | ||
| 5.10 breezy | libimlib2 – 1.2.0-2.2ubuntu2.1 | ||
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