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Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks --> Category: infos

USN108-1 : gtk+2.0, gdk-pixbuf vulnerabilities Vulnerability Scan


Vulnerability Scan Summary
gtk+2.0, gdk-pixbuf vulnerabilities

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Test

Synopsis :

These remote packages are missing security patches :
- gtk2.0-examples
- libgdk-pixbuf-dev
- libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev
- libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2
- libgdk-pixbuf2
- libgtk2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-bin
- libgtk2.0-common
- libgtk2.0-dbg
- libgtk2.0-dev
- libgtk2.0-doc


Description :

Matthias Clasen discovered a Denial of Service vulnerability in the
BMP image module of gdk. Processing a specially crafted BMP image with
an application using gdk-pixbuf caused an allocated memory block to be
free()'ed twice, leading to a crash of the application. However, it
is believed that this cannot be exploited to execute arbitrary
attacker provided code.

Solution :

Upgrade to :
- gtk2.0-examples-2.4.10-1ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- libgdk-pixbuf-dev-0.22.0-7ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev-0.22.0-7ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2-0.22.0-7ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- libgdk-pixbuf2-0.22.0-7ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- libgtk2.0-0-2.4.10-1ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- libgtk2.0-bin-2.4.10-1ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- libgtk2.0-common-2.4.10-1ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- libgtk2.0-dbg-2.4.10-1ubuntu1.1 (Ubuntu 4.10)
- libgtk2.0-dev-2.4.10-1ubuntu1.1 (Ubunt
[...]


Threat Level: High


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