USN-2898-1: GTK+ vulnerability

Publication date

15 February 2016

Overview

GTK+ could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it processed a specially crafted image.


Packages

  • gtk+2.0 - GTK+ graphical user interface library
  • gtk+3.0 - GTK+ graphical user interface library

Details

It was discovered that GTK+ incorrectly handled certain large images. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause GTK+ applications to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that GTK+ incorrectly handled certain large images. A
remote attacker could use this issue to cause GTK+ applications to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
15.10 wily libgtk2.0-0 –  2.24.28-1ubuntu1.1
14.04 trusty libgtk2.0-0 –  2.24.23-0ubuntu1.4
12.04 precise libgtk-3-0 –  3.4.2-0ubuntu0.9
libgtk2.0-0 –  2.24.10-0ubuntu6.3

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