Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS2GIMP-2025-003
Advisory Released Date: 2025-07-22
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-07-22
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A parsing vulnerability was found in the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP). This flaw allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to trick a GIMP user into opening a malicious PSD file, possibly enabling the execution of unauthorized code within the GIMP process. (CVE-2023-44442)
Affected Packages:
gimp
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 - Gimp Extra. Visit this page to learn more about Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Extras and this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update gimp to update your system.
New Packages:
src:
gimp-2.8.22-1.amzn2.0.3.src
x86_64:
gimp-2.8.22-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
gimp-libs-2.8.22-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
gimp-devel-2.8.22-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
gimp-devel-tools-2.8.22-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
gimp-debuginfo-2.8.22-1.amzn2.0.3.x86_64