Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1147-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Nils Philippsen discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled malformed PSP image files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted PSP image file, an attacker could cause GIMP to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.
Affected
gimp on Ubuntu 11.04 ,
Ubuntu 10.10 ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-1782 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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