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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.72187
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu USN-1559-1 (gimp)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to gimp
announced via advisory USN-1559-1.

Details:

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)

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

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
gimp 2.6.12-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 11.10:
gimp 2.6.11-2ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 11.04:
gimp 2.6.11-1ubuntu6.3

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
gimp 2.6.8-2ubuntu1.5

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-1559-1

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-2012-3236
BugTraq ID: 54246
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54246
Bugtraq: 20120629 GIMP FIT File Format DoS (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-06/0192.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19482
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:082
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/FIT-file-handling-dos.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:1080 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00000.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1559-1
XForce ISS Database: gimp-fit-dos(76658)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/76658
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3403
1027411
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027411
50296
http://secunia.com/advisories/50296
55101
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55101
MDVSA-2012:142
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:142
MDVSA-2013:082
RHSA-2012:1180
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1180.html
RHSA-2012:1181
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1181.html
SUSE-SU-2012:1029
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00020.html
USN-1559-1
[oss-security] 20120820 The Gimp CEL plug-in CVE-2012-3403 issue
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/7
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839020
openSUSE-SU-2012:1080
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-3481
SUSE-SU-2012:1038
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00023.html
[oss-security] 20120820 The Gimp GIF plug-in CVE-2012-3481 issue
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/20/8
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776572
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=847303
openSUSE-SU-2012:1131
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00043.html
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