USN-6760-1: Gerbv vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 23.10
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• gerbv - Gerber file viewer for PCB design

Details

George-Andrei Iosif and David Fernandez Gonzalez discovered that Gerbv did
not properly initialize a data structure when parsing certain nested
RS-274X format files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service (application crash).

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10

• gerbv - 2.9.8-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04

• gerbv - 2.8.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04

• gerbv - 2.7.0-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04

• gerbv - 2.6.1-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04

• gerbv - 2.6.0-1ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04

• gerbv - 2.6.0-1ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2023-4508