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gimp: code execution

Package(s):gimp CVE #(s):CVE-2012-5576
Created:December 7, 2012 Updated:February 21, 2013
Description: From the Ubuntu advisory:

It was discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed XWD files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted XWD file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.

Alerts:
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2012:1623-1 2012-12-07
Ubuntu USN-1659-1 2012-12-10
Mageia MGASA-2012-0360 2012-12-11
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0123-1 2013-01-23
Fedora FEDORA-2013-2000 2013-02-21
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