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Debian DSA-337-1 : gtksee - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 15174

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.5.0-6.

We recommend that you update your gtksee package.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/76346

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-337

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15174

File Name: debian_DSA-337.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gtksee

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0444

BID: 8061

DSA: 337