USN-652-1: LittleCMS vulnerability
Publication date
14 October 2008
Overview
LittleCMS vulnerability
Releases
Packages
- lcms -
Details
Chris Evans discovered that certain ICC operations in lcms were not
correctly bounds-checked. If a user or automated system were tricked
into processing an image with malicious ICC tags, a remote attacker could
crash applications linked against liblcms1, leading to a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Chris Evans discovered that certain ICC operations in lcms were not
correctly bounds-checked. If a user or automated system were tricked
into processing an image with malicious ICC tags, a remote attacker could
crash applications linked against liblcms1, leading to a denial of service,
or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.06 dapper | liblcms1 – 1.13-1ubuntu0.1 | ||
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