GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems.

An update of the gdk package has been released.

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the gdk-pixbuf2-2.42.6-3.el9 build changelog.

  - GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw     compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12. (CVE-2021-44648)

  - GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or     clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is     controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems. (CVE-2021-46829)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-352 advisory.

    GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw     compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12. (CVE-2021-44648)

    GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or     clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is     controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems. (CVE-2021-46829)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-341 advisory.

    GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or     clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is     controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems. (CVE-2021-46829)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-2216 advisory.

    - Backport fixes for CVE-2021-46829 and CVE-2021-44648

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:2216 advisory.

  - GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw     compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12. (CVE-2021-44648)

  - GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or     clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is     controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems. (CVE-2021-46829)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:2216 advisory.

    The gdk-pixbuf2 packages provide an image loading library that can be extended by loadable modules for new     image formats. It is used by toolkits such as GTK+ or clutter.

    Security Fix(es):

    * gdk-pixbuf: heap-buffer overflow when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data (CVE-2021-44648)

    * gdk-pixbuf: heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files (CVE-2021-46829)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5228 advisory.

  - GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw     compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12. (CVE-2021-44648)

  - GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or     clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is     controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems. (CVE-2021-46829)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2996-1 advisory.

  - GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or     clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is     controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems. (CVE-2021-46829)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2995-1 advisory.

  - GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or     clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is     controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems. (CVE-2021-46829)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5554-1 advisory.

    Pedro Ribeiro discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain GIF images. If an     user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted GIF file, a remote attacker could     use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute     arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
204205	Photon OS 5.0: Gdk PHSA-2023-5.0-0054	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
203652	Photon OS 4.0: Gdk PHSA-2023-4.0-0423	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
191210	CentOS 9 : gdk-pixbuf2-2.42.6-3.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
181698	Amazon Linux 2023 : gdk-pixbuf2, gdk-pixbuf2-devel, gdk-pixbuf2-modules (ALAS2023-2023-352)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
181170	Amazon Linux 2023 : gdk-pixbuf2, gdk-pixbuf2-devel, gdk-pixbuf2-modules (ALAS2023-2023-341)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
175720	Oracle Linux 9 : gdk-pixbuf2 (ELSA-2023-2216)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
175636	AlmaLinux 9 : gdk-pixbuf2 (ALSA-2023:2216)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	high
175444	RHEL 9 : gdk-pixbuf2 (RHSA-2023:2216)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
164943	Debian DSA-5228-1 : gdk-pixbuf - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
164667	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : gdk-pixbuf (SUSE-SU-2022:2996-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
164662	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : gdk-pixbuf (SUSE-SU-2022:2995-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
163921	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : GDK-PixBuf vulnerability (USN-5554-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high

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