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From: Raphael Marichez <falco@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200611-07 ] GraphicsMagick: PALM and DCM buffer overflows
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2006 23:20:55
Message-Id: 20061113225557.GH27617@falco.falcal.net
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200611-07
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: GraphicsMagick: PALM and DCM buffer overflows
9 Date: November 13, 2006
10 Bugs: #152668
11 ID: 200611-07
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15 Synopsis
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18 GraphicsMagick improperly handles PALM and DCM images, potentially
19 resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 GraphicsMagick is a collection of tools and libraries which support
25 reading, writing, and manipulating images in many major formats.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 media-gfx/graphicsmagick < 1.1.7-r3 >= 1.1.7-r3
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35 Description
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38 M. Joonas Pihlaja has reported that a boundary error exists within the
39 ReadDCMImage() function of coders/dcm.c, causing the improper handling
40 of DCM images. Pihlaja also reported that there are several boundary
41 errors in the ReadPALMImage() function of coders/palm.c, similarly
42 causing the improper handling of PALM images.
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44 Impact
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47 An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted DCM or PALM
48 image with GraphicsMagick, and possibly execute arbitrary code with the
49 privileges of the user running GraphicsMagick.
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51 Workaround
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54 There is no known workaround at this time.
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56 Resolution
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59 All GraphicsMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:
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61 # emerge --sync
62 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/graphicsmagick-1.1.7-r3"
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64 References
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67 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-5456
68 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5456
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-07.xml
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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