Debian DSA-2813-1 : gimp - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71276

Synopsis

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

Description

Murray McAllister discovered multiple integer and buffer overflows in the XWD plugin in Gimp, which can result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the gimp packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.10-1+squeeze4. This update also fixes CVE-2012-3403, CVE-2012-3481 and CVE-2012-5576.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2.8.2-2+deb7u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3403

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3481

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5576

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/gimp

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/gimp

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2813

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71276

File Name: debian_DSA-2813.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/10/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

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:debian:debian_linux:gimp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1913, CVE-2013-1978

BID: 64098, 64105

DSA: 2813