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Moderate Security Update for GIMP in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 & 6

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Calendar Grey December 3, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Recent GIMP updates resolve several medium-level security vulnerabilities for Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It's advisable to upgrade.
Updated gimp packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Summary

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and editing program.
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw, a heap-based buffer overflow, and an integer overflow flaw were found in the way GIMP loaded certain X Window System (XWD) image dump files. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted XWD image file that, when processed, would cause the XWD plug-in to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the GIMP. (CVE-2012-5576, CVE-2013-1913, CVE-2013-1978)
The CVE-2013-1913 and CVE-2013-1978 issues were discovered by Murray McAllister of the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Users of the GIMP are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues. The GIMP must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow remote code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity GIMP

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5576 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1913 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1978 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: gimp-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm
x86_64: gimp-2.2.13-3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm
x86_64: gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-3.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: gimp-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-3.el5_10.i386.rpm
ia64: gimp-2.2.13-3.el5_10.ia64.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-3.el5_10.ia64.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-3.el5_10.ia64.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-3.el5_10.ia64.rpm
ppc: gimp-2.2.13-3.el5_10.ppc.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-3.el5_10.ppc.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-3.el5_10.ppc64.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-3.el5_10.ppc.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-3.el5_10.ppc64.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-3.el5_10.ppc.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-3.el5_10.ppc64.rpm
s390x:

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:1778-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:1778.html
Issue date: 2013-12-03

Topic

Updated gimp packages that fix three security issues are now available forRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderatesecurity impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE links in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update buffer overflow remote code execution Red Hat Enterprise Linux moderate severity GIMP

Relevant Releases Architectures

RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

879302 - CVE-2012-5576 gimp (XWD plug-in): Stack-based buffer overflow when loading XWD file

947868 - CVE-2013-1913 gimp: xwd plugin g_new() integer overflow

953902 - CVE-2013-1978 gimp: XWD plugin color map heap-based buffer overflow

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