1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1147-1

USN-1147-1: GIMP vulnerability

Publication date

13 June 2011

Overview

GIMP could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

  • gimp - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

Details

Nils Philippsen discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed PSP
image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted PSP
image file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.

Nils Philippsen discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed PSP
image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted PSP
image file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute
arbitrary code with the user’s privileges.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart GIMP 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
11.04 natty gimp –  2.6.11-1ubuntu6.1
10.10 maverick gimp –  2.6.10-1ubuntu3.3
10.04 lucid gimp –  2.6.8-2ubuntu1.3

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