USN-4107-1

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    USN-4107-1

    Published: 20 Aug 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: giflib vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-3977) It was discovered that GIFLIB incorrectly handled certain GIF files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2018-11490, CVE-2019-15133)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4107-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3977, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-11490, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-15133

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: giflib

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.1.4-0.3~16.04.1

    Affected versions

    4.1.6-11

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High