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Gentoo: GLSA 200907-01 Normal: libwmf User Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 2, 2009
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The recent Gentoo security advisory GLSA 202108-02 highlights a vulnerability in the libpng library that could lead to potential remote code execution under specific user conditions.
libwmf bundles an old GD version which contains a "use-after-free" vulnerability.

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200907-01 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: libwmf: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Date: July 02, 2009 Bugs: #268161 ID: 200907-01

Synopsis ======= libwmf bundles an old GD version which contains a "use-after-free" vulnerability.
Background ========= libwmf is a library for converting WMF files.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/libwmf < 0.2.8.4-r3 >= 0.2.8.4-r3
========== The embedded fork of the GD library introduced a "use-after-free" vulnerability in a modification which is specific to libwmf.
Impact ===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted...

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