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SUSE update for gimp


Secunia ID

SA50458

CVE-ID

CVE-2012-2763, CVE-2012-3236, CVE-2012-3403, CVE-2012-3481

Release Date

03 Sep 2012

Criticality

Highly Critical

Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Where

From remote

Impact
System access

This covers vulnerabilities where malicious people are able to gain system access and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a local user.

Description

SUSE has issued an update for gimp. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA49314
SA50296

Solution

Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.

Original Advisory

openSUSE-SU-2012:1080-1
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00001.html