Ubuntu Security Notice 1147-1 - 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.
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1147-1
June 13, 2011
gimp vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary:
GIMP could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- 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.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 11.04:
gimp 2.6.11-1ubuntu6.1
Ubuntu 10.10:
gimp 2.6.10-1ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
gimp 2.6.8-2ubuntu1.3
After a standard system update you need to restart GIMP to make all the
necessary changes.
References:
CVE-2011-1782
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.6.11-1ubuntu6.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.6.10-1ubuntu3.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.6.8-2ubuntu1.3