[ GLSA 200707-09 ] GIMP: Multiple integer overflows

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  Severity: Normal
     Title: GIMP: Multiple integer overflows
      Date: July 25, 2007
      Bugs: #182047
        ID: 200707-09

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GIMP, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program.

Affected packages

     Package         /  Vulnerable  /                       Unaffected
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  1  media-gfx/gimp      < 2.2.16                            >= 2.2.16

Description

Sean Larsson from iDefense Labs discovered multiple integer overflows in various GIMP plugins (CVE-2006-4519). Stefan Cornelius from Secunia Research discovered an integer overflow in the seek_to_and_unpack_pixeldata() function when processing PSD files (CVE-2007-2949). Impact

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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running GIMP.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GIMP users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gimp-2.2.16"

References

  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-4519
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4519   [ 2 ] CVE-2007-2949
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2949

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Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-09.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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