1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3418-1

USN-3418-1: GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities

Publication date

18 September 2017

Overview

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

Releases

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Details

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle
certain jpeg images. If an user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted jpeg file, a remote attacker could use this
flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2862)

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle
certain tiff images. If an user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted tiff file, a remote attacker could use this
flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2870)

Ariel Zelivansky discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly
handle printing certain error messages. If an user or automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted image...

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle
certain jpeg images. If an user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted jpeg file, a remote attacker could use this
flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2862)

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle
certain tiff images. If an user or automated system were tricked into
opening a specially crafted tiff file, a remote attacker could use this
flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2870)

Ariel Zelivansky discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly
handle printing certain error messages. If an user or automated system were
tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, a remote attacker
could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2017-6311)

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart your session 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
17.04 zesty libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 –  2.36.5-3ubuntu0.2
16.04 xenial libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 –  2.32.2-1ubuntu1.3
14.04 trusty libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 –  2.30.7-0ubuntu1.7

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