RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : gdk-pixbuf (RHSA-2005:810)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20237

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated gdk-pixbuf packages that fix several security issues are now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The gdk-pixbuf package contains an image loading library used with the GNOME GUI desktop environment.

A bug was found in the way gdk-pixbuf processes XPM images. An attacker could create a carefully crafted XPM file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with gdk-pixbuf to execute arbitrary code when the file was opened by a victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-3186 to this issue.

Ludwig Nussel discovered an integer overflow bug in the way gdk-pixbuf processes XPM images. An attacker could create a carefully crafted XPM file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with gdk-pixbuf to execute arbitrary code or crash when the file was opened by a victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-2976 to this issue.

Ludwig Nussel also discovered an infinite-loop denial of service bug in the way gdk-pixbuf processes XPM images. An attacker could create a carefully crafted XPM file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with gdk-pixbuf to stop responding when the file was opened by a victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-2975 to this issue.

Users of gdk-pixbuf are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches and are not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected gdk-pixbuf, gdk-pixbuf-devel and / or gdk-pixbuf-gnome packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20237

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-810.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/21/2005

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: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdk-pixbuf, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdk-pixbuf-gnome, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gdk-pixbuf-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/18/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2975, CVE-2005-2976, CVE-2005-3186

RHSA: 2005:810

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