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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-467-1 May 31, 2007 gimp vulnerability CVE-2007-2356 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: gimp 2.2.11-1ubuntu3.2 Ubuntu 6.10: gimp 2.2.13-1ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 7.04: gimp 2.2.13-1ubuntu4.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that Gimp did not correctly handle RAS image format color tables. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted RAS file with Gimp, an attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.