Gentoo: GLSA-200903-04 Normal: DevIL Code Execution Threat
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March 6, 2009
Multiple boundary errors in DevIL may allow for the execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200903-04
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: DevIL: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Date: March 06, 2009
Bugs: #255217
ID: 200903-04
Synopsis
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Multiple boundary errors in DevIL may allow for the execution of
arbitrary code.
Background
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Developer's Image Library (DevIL) is a cross-platform image library.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/devil < 1.7.7 >= 1.7.7
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Stefan Cornelius (Secunia Research) discovered two boundary errorswithin the iGetHdrHeader() function in src-IL/src/il_hdr.c.
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to ope...
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