USN-550-1: Cairo vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 7.04
• Ubuntu 6.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• libcairo -

Details

Peter Valchev discovered that Cairo did not correctly decode PNG image data.
By tricking a user or automated system into processing a specially crafted
PNG with Cairo, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user
privileges.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 7.10

• libcairo2 - 1.4.10-1ubuntu4.1

Ubuntu 7.04

• libcairo2 - 1.4.2-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 6.10

• libcairo2 - 1.2.4-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• libcairo2 - 1.0.4-0ubuntu1.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect
the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2007-5503