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Ubuntu: USN-3912-1 (CVE-2017-12447): GDK-PixBuf vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3912-1 (CVE-2017-12447): GDK-PixBuf vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/07/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/01/2019
Modified
04/01/2019

Description

GdkPixBuf (aka gdk-pixbuf), possibly 2.32.2, as used by GNOME Nautilus 3.14.3 on Ubuntu 16.04, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (stack corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file folder.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgdk-pixbuf2-0-0

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