SB2018062815 - Denial of service in Gimp
Published: June 28, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018062815
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12713)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in the gimp_write_and_read_file function, as defined in the app/tests/test-xcf.c source code file due to the g_get_tmp_dir() function does not make unique temporary filenames. A local attacker can create a file with a filename that already exists, overwrite the existing file and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.