Ubuntu 6806-1: GDK-PixBuf Security Advisory Updates
Summary
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS - Ubuntu 23.10 - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: GDK-PixBuf could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - gdk-pixbuf: GDK Pixbuf library Details: Pedro Ribeiro and Vitor Pedreira discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain ANI files. An attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or to possibly execute arbitrary code.
Update Instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.10+dfsg-3ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 23.10 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 2.42.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.36.11-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 16.04 LTS libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.32.2-1ubuntu1.6+esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro After a standard system update you need to restart your session to make all the necessary changes.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6806-1
CVE-2022-48622
Package Information
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.42.10+dfsg-3ubuntu3.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.42.10+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.42.8+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gdk-pixbuf/2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.5