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Ubuntu: USN-3101-1: Tracker vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Oct 12, 2016
Added
Oct 12, 2016
Modified
Feb 19, 2025

Description


It was discovered that Tracker incorrectly handled certain malformed GIF images. If a user or automated system were tricked into downloading a specially-crafted GIF image, Tracker could crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-tracker-extract
Title
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