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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : gimp vulnerabilities (USN-1559-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62037

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Joseph Sheridan discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain malformed headers in FIT files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted FIT image file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash. (CVE-2012-3236)

Murray McAllister discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed KiSS palette files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted KiSS palette file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
(CVE-2012-3403)

Matthias Weckbecker discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed GIF image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF image file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
(CVE-2012-3481).

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Solution

Update the affected gimp package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1559-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62037

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1559-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/11/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gimp, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3236, CVE-2012-3403, CVE-2012-3481

BID: 54246, 55101

USN: 1559-1