1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-6824-1

USN-6824-1: GIFLIB vulnerabilities

Publication date

10 June 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in giflib.

Releases

Packages

  • giflib - library for GIF images (utilities)

Details

It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2021-40633, CVE-2022-28506, CVE-2023-39742)

It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2021-40633, CVE-2022-28506, CVE-2023-39742)

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
23.10 mantic giflib-tools –  5.2.1-2.5ubuntu0.1
22.04 jammy giflib-tools –  5.1.9-2ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal giflib-tools –  5.1.9-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic giflib-tools –  5.1.4-2ubuntu0.1+esm1  
16.04 xenial giflib-tools –  5.1.4-0.3~16.04.1+esm1  

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