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CentOS 4 : tk (CESA-2008:0135)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31140

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated tk packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

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

[Updated 22 February 2008] The packages in this errata were originally pushed to the wrong Red Hat Network channels and were not available to all users. We have updated this errata with the correct channels.

Tk is a graphical toolkit for the Tcl scripting language.

An input validation flaw was discovered in Tk's GIF image handling. A code-size value read from a GIF image was not properly validated before being used, leading to a buffer overflow. A specially crafted GIF file could use this to cause a crash or, potentially, execute code with the privileges of the application using the Tk graphical toolkit.
(CVE-2008-0553)

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in Tk's animated GIF image handling. An animated GIF containing an initial image smaller than subsequent images could cause a crash or, potentially, execute code with the privileges of the application using the Tk library.
(CVE-2007-5378)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages which contain a backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected tk packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9afe7ef0

http://www.nessus.org/u?6b082882

http://www.nessus.org/u?3ba15b6e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31140

File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0135.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2008

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5378, CVE-2008-0553

BID: 27655

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2008:0135