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GLSA-200705-08 : GIMP: Buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25185

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-200705-08 (GIMP: Buffer overflow)

 Marsu discovered that the 'set_color_table()' function in the SUNRAS plugin is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow.
 Impact :

 An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted .RAS file, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running GIMP.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All GIMP users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-gfx/gimp-2.2.14'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200705-08

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25185

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200705-08.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Published: 5/10/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/7/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2356

CWE: 119

GLSA: 200705-08