USN-214-1: libungif vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 5.04
• Ubuntu 4.10

Details

Chris Evans discovered several buffer overflows in the libungif
library. By tricking an user (or automated system) into processing a
specially crafted GIF image, this could be exploited to execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the application using libungif.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 5.04

• libungif4g -

Ubuntu 4.10

• libungif4g -

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2005-2974
• CVE-2005-3350