Debian DSA-1335-1 : gimp - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25744

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Gimp, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2006-4519 Sean Larsson discovered several integer overflows in the processing code for DICOM, PNM, PSD, RAS, XBM and XWD images, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into opening such a malformed media file.

- CVE-2007-2949 Stefan Cornelius discovered an integer overflow in the processing code for PSD images, which might lead to the execution of arbitrary code if a user is tricked into opening such a malformed media file.

Solution

Upgrade the gimp packages.

For the oldstable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.6-1sarge4. Packages for mips and mipsel are not yet available.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.13-1etch4. Packages for mips are not yet available.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25744

File Name: debian_DSA-1335.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/23/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gimp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4519, CVE-2007-2949

CWE: 189

DSA: 1335

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