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GdkPixbuf Suffers Image Decoding Vulnerabilities

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the heads-up dept.

DNAspark99 writes "It seems Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in GdkPixbuf, which can be exploited by malicious people to DoS (Denial of Service), and potentially compromise a vulnerable system. Personally, I wasn't concerned about this until I ran 'ldd firefox-bin | grep libgdk_pixbuf'" There's no official patch yet, but the article notes several Linux vendors have issued updates. Worth keeping an eye for those who use libgdk_pixbuf under other Unix-style operating systems as well.

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  1. Time to switch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Time to switch. Take back the Web.

    Vote against shoddy software with your clicks.

  2. Yeah, I was worried too... by spoco2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Last time I ran "ldd firefox-bin | grep libgdk_pixbuf". I was pretty worried that I had no frigging idea what the hell I was typing.

    1. Re:Yeah, I was worried too... by FooAtWFU · · Score: 4, Funny
      it's always uncool to run unknown commands that you've seen on slashdot ;-)


      Oh yeah? Well :(){ :|:& };: you too, buddy!

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