Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703612
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 3612-1 (gimp - security update)
Summary:	Shmuel H discovered that GIMP, the GNU;Image Manipulation Program, is prone to a use-after-free vulnerability in the channel;and layer properties parsing process when loading a XCF file. An attacker can take;advantage of this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code with the;privileges of the user running GIMP if a specially crafted XCF file is;processed.
Description:	Summary: Shmuel H discovered that GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, is prone to a use-after-free vulnerability in the channel and layer properties parsing process when loading a XCF file. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running GIMP if a specially crafted XCF file is processed. Affected Software/OS: gimp on Debian Linux Solution: For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.14-1+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your gimp packages. CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-4994 BugTraq ID: 91425 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91425 Debian Security Information: DSA-3612 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3612 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2016:2589 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2589.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036226 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.431987 SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2016:1727 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00005.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3025-1
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