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Ubuntu: USN-3532-1 (CVE-2017-6314): GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3532-1 (CVE-2017-6314): GDK-PixBuf vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
03/09/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/16/2018
Modified
08/05/2020

Description

The make_available_at_least function in io-tiff.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large TIFF file.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgdk-pixbuf2-0-0

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