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Mandriva: Updated gimp packages fix buffer overflow vulnerability. Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake A buffer overflow in the xcf_load_vector function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c for gimp 2.2.x allows user-complicit attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XCF file with a large num_axes value in the VECTORS property. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2006:127
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : gimp
 Date    : July 18, 2006
 Affected: 2006.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 A buffer overflow in the xcf_load_vector function in app/xcf/xcf-load.c 
 for gimp 2.2.x allows user-complicit attackers to cause a denial of
 service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an XCF file
 with a large num_axes value in the VECTORS property.
 
 Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3404
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2006.0:
 ef770a8f1e5b894589b8f591486e00b9  2006.0/RPMS/gimp-2.2.8-6.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 f39e2f6d7bd2e88e47b696b58aa8023b  2006.0/RPMS/gimp-python-2.2.8-6.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 465e5b21384bc501d2e991922695811f  2006.0/RPMS/libgimp2.0_0-2.2.8-6.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 1df661eb0a251358f5bc7c6e35929b71  2006.0/RPMS/libgimp2.0-devel-2.2.8-6.1.20060mdk.i586.rpm
 708dd714d5514cfb89a947bca6604b73  2006.0/SRPMS/gimp-2.2.8-6.1.20060mdk.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2006.0/X86_64:
 20fe9e1f09f22f770c608303edfad886  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/gimp-2.2.8-6.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 a61b7e401cf01bb3715702d557b0fca6  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/gimp-python-2.2.8-6.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 e1d614c2befbec26c478eb1303ad887e  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lib64gimp2.0_0-2.2.8-6.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 8b7168186005e221d8aa58d37349d36d  x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lib64gimp2.0-devel-2.2.8-6.1.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
 708dd714d5514cfb89a947bca6604b73  x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/gimp-2.2.8-6.1.20060mdk.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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