RHEL 3 : gtk2 (RHSA-2004:466)

high Nessus Plugin ID 14734

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated gtk2 packages that fix several security flaws and bugs are now available.

The gtk2 package contains the GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating graphical user interfaces for the X Window System.

During testing of a previously fixed flaw in Qt (CVE-2004-0691), a flaw was discovered in the BMP image processor of gtk2. An attacker could create a carefully crafted BMP file which would cause an application to enter an infinite loop and not respond to user input when the file was opened by a victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0753 to this issue.

During a security audit Chris Evans discovered a stack and a heap overflow in the XPM image decoder. An attacker could create a carefully crafted XPM file which could cause an application linked with gtk2 to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code when the file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2004-0782, CVE-2004-0783)

Chris Evans also discovered an integer overflow in the ICO image decoder. An attacker could create a carefully crafted ICO file which could cause an application linked with gtk2 to crash when the file was opened by a victim. (CVE-2004-0788)

This updated gtk2 package also fixes a few key combination bugs on various X servers, such as Hummingbird, ReflectionX, and X-Win32. If a server was configured to use the Swiss German, Swiss French, or France French keyboard layouts, Mode_Switched characters were unable to be entered within GTK based applications.

Users of gtk2 are advised to upgrade to these packages which contain backported patches and are not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected gtk2 and / or gtk2-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 14734

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2004-466.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/15/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk2-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/20/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0753, CVE-2004-0782, CVE-2004-0783, CVE-2004-0788

RHSA: 2004:466

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