1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2051-1

USN-2051-1: GIMP vulnerability

Publication date

9 December 2013

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

  • gimp - The GNU Image Manipulation Program

Details

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

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

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
13.10 saucy gimp –  2.8.6-1ubuntu1.1
13.04 raring gimp –  2.8.4-1ubuntu1.1
12.10 quantal gimp –  2.8.2-1ubuntu1.2
12.04 precise gimp –  2.6.12-1ubuntu1.3

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