Ubuntu Security Notice USN-312-1
10th July, 2006
gimp vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
- Ubuntu 5.04
Details
Henning Makholm discovered that gimp did not sufficiently validate the
'num_axes' parameter in XCF files. By tricking a user into opening a
specially crafted XCF file with Gimp, an attacker could exploit this
to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- libgimp2.0 2.2.11-1ubuntu3.1
- gimp 2.2.11-1ubuntu3.1
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- libgimp2.0 2.2.8-2ubuntu6.1
- gimp 2.2.8-2ubuntu6.1
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- libgimp2.0 2.2.2-1ubuntu5.1
- gimp 2.2.2-1ubuntu5.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.