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RHEL 3 / 4 : gtk2 (RHSA-2005:811)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20238

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated gtk2 packages that fix two security issues are now available.

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

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

A bug was found in the way gtk2 processes XPM images. An attacker could create a carefully crafted XPM file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with gtk2 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 infinite-loop denial of service bug in the way gtk2 processes XPM images. An attacker could create a carefully crafted XPM file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with gtk2 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 gtk2 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches and are not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

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

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-2975

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-3186

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:811

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20238

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-811.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

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:gtk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk2-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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-2005-3186

RHSA: 2005:811