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Ubuntu alert USN-3075-1 (imlib2)

From:  Steve Beattie <steve.beattie@canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-3075-1] Imlib2 vulnerabilities
Date:  Thu, 8 Sep 2016 20:56:40 -0700
Message-ID:  <20160909035640.GO7143@nxnw.org>

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3075-1 September 09, 2016 imlib2 vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Imlib2. Software Description: - imlib2: Image manipulation and rendering library Details: Jakub Wilk discovered an out of bounds read in the GIF loader implementation in Imlib2. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-3994) Yuriy M. Kaminskiy discovered an off-by-one error when handling coordinates in Imlib2. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2016-3993) Yuriy M. Kaminskiy discovered that integer overflows existed in Imlib2 when handling images with large dimensions. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion or application crash). (CVE-2014-9771, CVE-2016-4024) Kevin Ryde discovered that the ellipse drawing code in Imlib2 would attempt to divide by zero when drawing a 2x1 ellipse. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash). (CVE-2011-5326) It was discovered that Imlib2 did not properly handled GIF images without colormaps. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash). This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9762) It was discovered that Imlib2 did not properly handle some PNM images, leading to a division by zero. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash). This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9763) It was discovered that Imlib2 did not properly handle error conditions when loading some GIF images. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash). This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9764) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: libimlib2 1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libimlib2 1.4.6-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: libimlib2 1.4.4-1ubuntu0.1 After a standard system update you will need to restart applications that make use of Imlib2 to make all the necessary changes. References: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3075-1 CVE-2011-5326, CVE-2014-9762, CVE-2014-9763, CVE-2014-9764, CVE-2014-9771, CVE-2016-3993, CVE-2016-3994, CVE-2016-4024 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imlib2/1.4.7-1ubuntu... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imlib2/1.4.6-2ubuntu... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/imlib2/1.4.4-1ubuntu... -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...


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