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Fedora Core 4: FEDORA-2005-451 High: gtk+ Stack Overflow

A buffer overflow was found in the kimgio library for KDE 3.3.1. An attacker could create a carefully crafted PCX image in such a way that it would cause kimgio to execute arbitrary code when processing the image.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2005-350 2005-05-02 ---------------------------------------------------------------------Product : Fedora Core 3 Name : kdelibs Version : 3.3.1 Release : 2.12.FC3 Summary : K Desktop Environment - Libraries Description : Libraries for the K Desktop Environment: KDE Libraries included: kdecore (KDE core library), kdeui (user interface), kfm (file manager), khtmlw (HTML widget), kio (Input/Output, networking), kspell (spelling checker), jscript (javascript), kab (addressbook), kimgio (image manipulation). ---------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information: A buffer overflow was found in the kimgio library for KDE 3.3.1. An attacker could create a carefully crafted PCX image in such a way that it would cause kimgio to execute arbitrary code when processing the image. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-1046 to this issue. All users of kdelibs should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported security patch to correct these issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------* Tue Apr 19 2005 Than Ngo 6:3.3.1-2.12.FC3 - apply patch to fix gcc warning #117938 * Tue Apr 19 2005 Than Ngo 6:3.3.1-2.11.FC3 - add missing kde documents #152307 - apply patch to fix kimgio input validation vulnerabilities, CAN-2005-1046 - add hack for loading of *.so shared object files #142244 * Mon Apr 18 2005 Than Ngo 6:3.3.1-2.10.FC3 - backport the patch to fix kimgio input validation vulnerabilities, CAN-2005-1046, #152093, thanks to KDE securityteam ---------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be downloaded from: 1023f08e9573cd579ed4d978b8f7a7fb SRPMS/kdelibs-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.src.rpm be28a562a1d99f4530ac1866ab332199 x86_64/kdelibs-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.x86_64.rpm 784b411818c9a1a3d28811e814b9880a x86_64/kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.x86_64.rpm c81fb52aa13551ffb233f9ecc9ea72df x86_64/debug/kdelibs-debuginfo-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.x86_64.rpm 0e6fdd04807160ee7571bcfb098d4c79 x86_64/kdelibs-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.i386.rpm 0e6fdd04807160ee7571bcfb098d4c79 i386/kdelibs-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.i386.rpm f14c330fcc3f2c9618dc88550d4dd307 i386/kdelibs-devel-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.i386.rpm bf6808e504ace10edb9da8b6f71efc5f i386/debug/kdelibs-debuginfo-3.3.1-2.12.FC3.i386.rpm This update can also be installed with the Update Agent; you can launch the Update Agent with the 'up2date' command. -----------------------------------------------------------------------fedora-announce-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Ubuntu 20.04 gnome-shell patch resolves memory leak in gsettings library, reducing potential security vulnerabilities.. Fedora Core,kdelibs,buffer overflow,kimgio,code execution. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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