USN-1043-1: Little CMS vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.10
• Ubuntu 10.04
• Ubuntu 9.10
• Ubuntu 8.04

Packages

• lcms -

Details

It was discovered that a NULL pointer dereference in the code for
handling transformations of monochrome profiles could allow an attacker
to cause a denial of service through a specially crafted image.
(CVE-2009-0793)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 9.10

• liblcms1 - 1.18.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 8.04

• liblcms1 - 1.16-7ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 10.10

• liblcms1 - 1.18.dfsg-1ubuntu2.10.10.1

Ubuntu 10.04

• liblcms1 - 1.18.dfsg-1ubuntu2.10.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2009-0793