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Gentoo: GLSA-202303-10 Critical: jpegoptim Vulnerability Risk Assessment

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Calendar Grey March 16, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several flaws identified in gif2png could permit arbitrary code execution or denial-of-service attacks. Security upgrade suggested.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in gif2png, the worst of which might allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Two vulnerabilities have been found in gif2png: * A boundary error in gif2png.c could cause a buffer overflow (CVE-2010-4694). * The patch for CVE-2009-5018 causes gif2png to truncate GIF pathnames (CVE-2010-4695).

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo buffer overflow code execution DoS normal severity gif2png

Resolution

All gif2png users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gif2png-2.5.8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-4694 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4694 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-4695 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-4695

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201203-15
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Normal
Title: gif2png: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 16, 2012
Bugs: #351698
ID: 201203-15

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security advisory gentoo buffer overflow code execution DoS normal severity gif2png

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in gif2png, the worst of which might allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

gif2png converts images from GIF format to PNG format.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-gfx/gif2png < 2.5.8 >= 2.5.8

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted GIF file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code, a Denial of Service condition, or the creation of PNG files in unintended directories.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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