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Ubuntu update for gimp


Secunia ID

SA50564

CVE-ID

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

Release Date

11 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

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

For more information:
SA50296

Solution

Apply updated packages.

-- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS --
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.6.12-1ubuntu1.1

-- Ubuntu 11.10 --
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.6.11-2ubuntu4.1

-- Ubuntu 11.04 --
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.6.11-1ubuntu6.3

-- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS --
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gimp/2.6.8-2ubuntu1.5

Original Advisory

USN-1559-1:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1559-1