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From: Raphael Marichez <falco@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200707-09 ] GIMP: Multiple integer overflows
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:09:12
Message-Id: 20070725192312.GA8794@falco.falcal.net
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200707-09
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: GIMP: Multiple integer overflows
9 Date: July 25, 2007
10 Bugs: #182047
11 ID: 200707-09
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GIMP, allowing for the
19 remote execution 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 < 2.2.16 >= 2.2.16
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34 Description
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37 Sean Larsson from iDefense Labs discovered multiple integer overflows
38 in various GIMP plugins (CVE-2006-4519). Stefan Cornelius from Secunia
39 Research discovered an integer overflow in the
40 seek_to_and_unpack_pixeldata() function when processing PSD files
41 (CVE-2007-2949).
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43 Impact
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46 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image
47 file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
48 privileges of the user running GIMP.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All GIMP users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gimp-2.2.16"
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63 References
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66 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-4519
67 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4519
68 [ 2 ] CVE-2007-2949
69 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2949
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71 Availability
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74 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
75 the Gentoo Security Website:
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77 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-09.xml
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79 Concerns?
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82 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
83 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
84 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
85 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
86 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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88 License
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91 Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
92 belongs to its owner(s).
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94 The contents of this document are licensed under the
95 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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97 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5