Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3025-1
5th July, 2016
gimp vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 15.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary
GIMP could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.
Software description
- gimp
– The GNU Image Manipulation Program
Details
It was discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed XCF files. If a
user were tricked into opening a specially crafted XCF 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 version:
- Ubuntu 15.10:
-
gimp
2.8.14-1ubuntu2.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
gimp
2.8.10-0ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
gimp
2.6.12-1ubuntu1.4
To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.