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GLSA-200607-08 : GIMP: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22106

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-200607-08 (GIMP: Buffer overflow)

 Henning Makholm discovered that the 'xcf_load_vector()' function is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when loading a XCF file with a large 'num_axes' value.
 Impact :

 An attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted XCF file.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GIMP users should update to the latest stable version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/gimp-2.2.12'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200607-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22106

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200607-08.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 7/28/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gimp, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3404

BID: 18877

GLSA: 200607-08