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From: Raphael Marichez <falco@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200705-08 ] GIMP: Buffer overflow
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 22:08:40
Message-Id: 20070507214731.GE790@falco.falcal.net
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200705-08
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: GIMP: Buffer overflow
9 Date: May 07, 2007
10 Bugs: #176226
11 ID: 200705-08
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15 Synopsis
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18 GIMP is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which may lead to the execution
19 of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 media-gfx/gimp < 2.2.14 >= 2.2.14
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34 Description
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37 Marsu discovered that the "set_color_table()" function in the SUNRAS
38 plugin is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow.
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40 Impact
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43 An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted .RAS file,
44 possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges
45 of the user running GIMP.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All GIMP users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gimp-2.2.14"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2007-2356
64 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2356
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-08.xml
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5