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Scientific Linux SL5.x Moderate Advisory: Lcms Input Validation Issue

Calendar Jan 07, 2009 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory DoS input validation Moderate Scientific Linux lcms update
Moderate: lcms security update 
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:40:38 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for lcms on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: lcms security update
Issue date:	2009-01-07
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-5316 CVE-2008-5317

Multiple insufficient input validation flaws were discovered in LittleCMS.
An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially-crafted image file
which could cause an application using LittleCMS to crash, or, possibly,
execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2008-5316, CVE-2008-5317)

SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
lcms-1.15-1.2.2.el5_2.2.src.rpm
 i386:
lcms-1.15-1.2.2.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
lcms-devel-1.15-1.2.2.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
python-lcms-1.15-1.2.2.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
lcms-1.15-1.2.2.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
lcms-1.15-1.2.2.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm
lcms-devel-1.15-1.2.2.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
lcms-devel-1.15-1.2.2.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm
python-lcms-1.15-1.2.2.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson