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[USN-3085-1] GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities

Posted on 22 September 2016
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3085-1
September 21, 2016

gdk-pixbuf vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

GDK-PixBuf could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opene=
d a
specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- gdk-pixbuf: GDK-Pixbuf library

Details:

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle speci=
ally
crafted bmp images, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. If a user or
automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted bmp file, a
remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting
in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2015-7552)

It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library contained an integer overflow
when handling certain images. If a user or automated system were tricked in=
to
opening a crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to caus=
e
GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 =
LTS.
(CVE-2015-8875)

Franco Costantini discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library contained an=C2=A0
out-of-bounds write error when parsing an ico file. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a crafted ico file, a remote attacker coul=
d
use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of servic=
e.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-6=
352)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
=C2=A0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A02.32.2-1ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
=C2=A0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A02.30.7-0ubuntu1.6

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
=C2=A0 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=
=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A02.26.1-1ubuntu1.5

After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
=C2=A0 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3085-1
=C2=A0 CVE-2015-7552, CVE-2015-8875, CVE-2016-6352

Package Information:
=C2=A0 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.32.2-1ubuntu1.2
=C2=A0 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.30.7-0ubuntu1.6
=C2=A0 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.26.1-1ubuntu1.5

 

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