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From: Sune Kloppenborg Jeppesen <jaervosz@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200607-08 ] GIMP: Buffer overflow
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:43:32
Message-Id: 200607241606.20879.jaervosz@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200607-08:02
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: GIMP: Buffer overflow
9 Date: July 23, 2006
10 Updated: July 24, 2006
11 Bugs: #139524
12 ID: 200607-08:02
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16 Synopsis
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19 GIMP is prone to a buffer overflow which may lead to the execution of
20 arbitrary code when loading specially crafted XCF files.
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22 Background
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25 GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. XCF is the native image
26 file format used by GIMP.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 media-gfx/gimp < 2.2.12 >= 2.2.12
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36 Description
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39 Henning Makholm discovered that the "xcf_load_vector()" function is
40 vulnerable to a buffer overflow when loading a XCF file with a large
41 "num_axes" value.
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43 Impact
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46 An attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code by
47 enticing a user to open a specially crafted XCF file.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All GIMP users should update to the latest stable version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gimp-2.2.12"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-3404
66 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3404
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68 Availability
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-08.xml
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76 Concerns?
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
89 belongs to its owner(s).
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
92 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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94 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5