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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-22 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: KDE kimgio: PCX handling buffer overflow |
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Date: April 22, 2005 |
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Bugs: #88862 |
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ID: 200504-22 |
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Synopsis |
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KDE fails to properly validate input when handling PCX images, |
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potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. |
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Background |
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KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and |
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Unix-like Operating Systems. kimgio is the KDE image handler provided |
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by kdelibs. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 kde-base/kdelibs < 3.3.2-r8 *>= 3.2.3-r9 |
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>= 3.3.2-r8 |
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Description |
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kimgio fails to properly validate input when handling PCX files. |
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Impact |
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By enticing a user to load a specially-crafted PCX image in a KDE |
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application, an attacker could execute arbitrary code. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdelibs |
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References |
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[ 1 ] CAN-2005-1046 |
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1046 |
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[ 2 ] KDE Security Advisory: kimgio input validation errors |
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http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050421-1.txt |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200504-22.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |