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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. That's okay... by rackhamh · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... we can still blame Bill Gates:

    Source: dictionary.com

    bmp

    Microsoft Windows bitmap format.
    Bmp files may use run-length encoding. :P

  2. FC2 fixed already? by erroneus · · Score: 0, Troll

    I just ran UP2DATE yesterday on that pixbuf package. I think it would be too coincidental that it came out just before the announcement. I think FC2 already has the fix out maybe?

    Now if they'd get the new Mozilla package out there!

  3. Security by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Mac OS X > *

  4. Re:What the hell by evslin · · Score: 0, Troll

    Now it seems this is universal, or at the very least universal outside the macintosh world.

    I fail to see the difference!

    /ducks