CentOS 3 / 4 : gtk2 (CESA-2005:344)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21807

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated gtk2 packages that fix a double free vulnerability 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 BMP images. It is possible that a specially crafted BMP image could cause a denial of service attack on applications linked against gtk2. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0891 to this issue.

Users of gtk2 are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected gtk2 packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?117bd1b8

http://www.nessus.org/u?7b79e93e

http://www.nessus.org/u?f5f3e024

http://www.nessus.org/u?876e9d9a

http://www.nessus.org/u?ca86c116

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21807

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-344.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/3/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gtk2-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gtk2

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0891

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2005:344