USN-4663-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4663-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4663-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4663-1
Related
Published
2020-12-08T15:32:20.491902Z
Modified
2020-12-08T15:32:20.491902Z
Summary
gdk-pixbuf vulnerability
Details

Melvin Kool discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain GIF images. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to hang, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / gdk-pixbuf

Package

Name
gdk-pixbuf
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/gdk-pixbuf?arch=src?distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.40.0+dfsg-1build1
2.40.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1
2.40.0+dfsg-2
2.40.0+dfsg-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0-udeb"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libgdk-pixbuf2.0-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.40.0+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "libgdk-pixbuf2.0-doc"
        }
    ]
}