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Viliam Holub discovered a bug in gtksee whereby, when loading PNG images of certain color depths, gtksee would overflow a heap-allocated buffer.. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 337-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Debian -- Security Information Matt Zimmerman June 29th, 2003 Debian -- Debian security FAQ - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : gtksee Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0444 Viliam Holub discovered a bug in gtksee whereby, when loading PNG images of certain color depths, gtksee would overflow a heap-allocated buffer. This vulnerability could be exploited by an attacker using a carefully constructed PNG image to execute arbitrary code when the victim loads the file in gtksee. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.0-6. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon. Refer to Debian bug #76346. We recommend that you update your gtksee package. Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - -------------------------------- Source archives: Size/MD5 checksum: 609 816a95eaab25f8602b45f07cc9535da3 Size/MD5 checksum: 3631 50123e3acce09d5bba798deef836acf5 Size/MD5 checksum: 224809 21a8a9f28fa61d73725fb606962fa108 Alpha architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 13705629f5d8f312f6ac17d937b0924f671b70 ARM architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 118008 5c1071f06eb3b55449345e1ef7434e88 Intel IA-32 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 118084 fd16b3894d3462fceb02cb90aa74783b Intel IA-64 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 196372 60d7d6156c3f48ac1bb85f6f44d259fb HP Precision architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 122912 2943288b598af7d17db20eb61e173fec Motorola 680x0 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 115652 a934c616f63385b803bd96366e319eed Big endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 118154 bb34474023526ed5dd47d13c005fce93 Little endian MIPS architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 114920 6671eed391cb58cb63336465dc95e3af PowerPC architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 115882 3b71d0550032209bb3b6685eed3210a6 IBM S/390 architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 116520 d38703d62fe603f477adc047b4500536 Sun Sparc architecture: Size/MD5 checksum: 117670 a3644e7ec17ebecb5db9eb4224cacb1c These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb Debian -- Security Information stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Package info: `apt-cache show ' and https://www.debian.org/distrib/packages . Enhance your security measures by installing the latest gtksee package on Debian to reduce the threats posed by potential buffer overflow exploits.. gtksee, buffer overflow, Debian advisory, local exploit. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 01, 2003
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