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Posted on 04 May 2016
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2961-1
May 04, 2016
lcms2 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Applications using the Little CMS library could be made to crash or
run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- lcms2: Little CMS color management library
Details:
It was discovered that a double free() could occur when the intent handling
code in the Little CMS library detected an error. An attacker could use
this to specially craft a file that caused an application using the Little
CMS library to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
liblcms2-2 2.5-0ubuntu4.1
liblcms2-utils 2.5-0ubuntu4.1
After a standard system update you need to restart applications using
Little CMS to make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2961-1
CVE-2013-7455
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lcms2/2.5-0ubuntu4.1
