Gentoo Imlib 2: 200806-03 Normal Severity: Code Execution Threat
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June 8, 2008
Two vulnerabilities in Imlib 2 may allow for the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200806-03
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Imlib 2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: June 08, 2008
Bugs: #223965
ID: 200806-03
Synopsis
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Two vulnerabilities in Imlib 2 may allow for the execution of arbitrary
code.
Background
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Imlib 2 is an advanced replacement library for libraries like libXpm.
Affected packages
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1 media-libs/imlib2 < 1.4.0-r1 >= 1.4.0-r1
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Stefan Cornelius (Secunia Research) reported two boundary errors in
Imlib2:
* One of them within the load() function in the file
src/modules/loaders/loader_pnm.c when processing the ...
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