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Gentoo: GLSA-200707-09 Normal: GIMP Integer Overflows Remote Code Exec

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Calendar Grey July 25, 2007
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GIMP contains several integer overflows, which could lead to remote code execution vulnerabilities on Gentoo Linux systems. It is advised to apply updates promptly.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GIMP, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200707-09 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: GIMP: Multiple integer overflows Date: July 25, 2007 Bugs: #182047 ID: 200707-09

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 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/gimp < 2.2.16 >= 2.2.16
========== 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_an...

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