Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20112896000
Revision Date:2011-08-19Version:1
Title:CVE-2011-2896 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.
Description:The LZW decompressor in the LWZReadByte function in giftoppm.c in the David Koblas GIF decoder in PBMPLUS, as used in the gif_read_lzw function in filter/image-gif.c in CUPS before 1.4.7, the LZWReadByte function in plug-ins/common/file-gif-load.c in GIMP 2.6.11 and earlier, the LZWReadByte function in img/gifread.c in XPCE in SWI-Prolog 5.10.4 and earlier, and other products, does not properly handle code words that are absent from the decompression table when encountered, which allows remote attackers to trigger an infinite loop or a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted compressed stream, a related issue to CVE-2006-1168 and CVE-2011-2895.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2011-2896
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.10
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'cups' package in cosmic is not affected (note: '1.5.0-5').
  • OR NOT While related to the CVE in some way, the 'gimp' package in cosmic is not affected (note: '2.6.11-2ubuntu4').
  • OR The 'swi-prolog' package in cosmic is affected and needs fixing.
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