Gentoo: 200412-03 Moderate: Imlib Buffer Overflow Execution Risk
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December 6, 2004
Multiple overflows have been found in the imlib library image decoding routines, potentially allowing execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200412-03
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: imlib: Buffer overflows in image decoding
Date: December 06, 2004
Bugs: #72681
ID: 200412-03
Synopsis
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Multiple overflows have been found in the imlib library image decoding
routines, potentially allowing execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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imlib is an advanced replacement library for image manipulation
libraries like libXpm. It is called by numerous programs, including
gkrellm and several window managers, to help in displaying images.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/imlib <= 1.9.14-r2 >= 1.9.14-r3
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Pavel Kankovsky discovered that several o...
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