USN-3532-1: GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 17.10
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• gdk-pixbuf - GDK Pixbuf library

Details

It was discoreved that GDK-PixBuf incorrectly handled certain gif images.
An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-1000422)

Ariel Zelivansky discovered that GDK-PixBuf incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2017-6312, CVE-2017-6313)

Ariel Zelivansky discovered that GDK-PixBuf incorrectly handled large TIFF files.
An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6314)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 17.10

• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 - 2.36.11-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 - 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.4

Ubuntu 14.04

• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 - 2.30.7-0ubuntu1.8

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

References

• CVE-2017-1000422
• CVE-2017-6312
• CVE-2017-6313
• CVE-2017-6314