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GLSA-200511-03 : giflib: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 20153

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200511-03 (giflib: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Chris Evans and Daniel Eisenbud independently discovered two out-of-bounds memory write operations and a NULL pointer dereference in giflib.
 Impact :

 An attacker could craft a malicious GIF image and entice users to load it using an application making use of the giflib library, resulting in an application crash or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All giflib users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/giflib-4.1.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200511-03

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20153

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200511-03.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 11/7/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

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:gentoo:linux:giflib, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2974, CVE-2005-3350

GLSA: 200511-03