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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: Moderate Update RHSA-2012-1181-01 Gimp

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Calendar Grey August 20, 2012
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Recent gimp updates on Red Hat address several security vulnerabilities. Crucial upgrade for users to bolster protection levels.
Updated gimp packages that fix multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

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/knowledge/articles/11258

Summary

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and editing program.
Multiple integer overflow flaws, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the GIMP's Adobe Photoshop (PSD) image file plug-in. An attacker could create a specially-crafted PSD image file that, when opened, could cause the PSD plug-in to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the GIMP. (CVE-2009-3909, CVE-2012-3402)
An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the GIMP's GIF image format plug-in. An attacker could create a specially-crafted GIF image file that, when opened, could cause the GIF plug-in to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the GIMP. (CVE-2012-3481)
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) decompression algorithm implementation used by the GIMP's GIF image format plug-in. An attacker could create a specially-crafted GIF image file that, when opened, could cause the GIF plug-in to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the GIMP. (CVE-2011-2896)
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the GIMP's KiSS CEL file format plug-in. An attacker could create a specially-crafted KiSS palette file that, when opened, could cause the CEL plug-in to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the GIMP. (CVE-2012-3403)
Red Hat would like to thank Secunia Research for reporting CVE-2009-3909, and Matthias Weckbecker of the SUSE Security Team for reporting CVE-2012-3481.
Users of the GIMP are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The GIMP must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security update Red Hat buffer overflow image processing gimp

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3909 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2896 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3402 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3403 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3481 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: gimp-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm
x86_64: gimp-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.x86_64.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.x86_64.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.x86_64.rpm
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):
Source:
i386: gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm
x86_64: gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.x86_64.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
Source:
i386: gimp-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.i386.rpm
ia64: gimp-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.ia64.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.ia64.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.ia64.rpm gimp-libs-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.ia64.rpm
ppc: gimp-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.ppc.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.ppc.rpm gimp-debuginfo-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.ppc64.rpm gimp-devel-2.2.13-2.0.7.el5_8.5.ppc.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2012:1181-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1181.html
Issue date: 2012-08-20

Topic

Updated gimp packages that fix multiple security issues are now availablefor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.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 moderate security update Red Hat buffer overflow image processing 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

Bugs Fixed

537370 - CVE-2009-3909 Gimp: Integer overflow in the PSD image file plugin

727800 - CVE-2011-2896 David Koblas' GIF decoder LZW decoder buffer overflow

838941 - CVE-2012-3402 gimp (PSD plug-in): Heap-buffer overflow by decoding certain PSD headers839020 - CVE-2012-3403 gimp (CEL plug-in): heap buffer overflow when loading external palette files

847303 - CVE-2012-3481 Gimp (GIF plug-in): Heap-based buffer overflow by loading certain GIF images

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