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Fedora 18 : gimp-2.8.10-4.fc18 (2013-22771)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71475

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.8.8 to GIMP 2.8.10 ==================================================

GUI :

 - Indicate if a file was exported in the Quit dialog

 - Add shortcuts and hint labels to the close and quit dialogs that make closing and quitting easier and more consistent

 - Rename the File->Export menu labels to match Save/Save as

 - Fix keyboard shortcuts on OSX Mavericks

 - Don't open lots of progress popups when opening many files

 - Correctly restore the hidden state of docks in single window mode

Libgimp :

 - Fix exporting an image consisting of a single layer group

 - Don't attempt to pick transparent colors

Plug-ins :

 - Fix crash in LCMS plugin if RGB profile was missing

General :

 - Bug fixes

 - Translation updates Overview of Changes from GIMP 2.8.8 to GIMP 2.8.10 ==================================================

GUI :

 - Indicate if a file was exported in the Quit dialog

 - Add shortcuts and hint labels to the close and quit dialogs that make closing and quitting easier and more consistent

 - Rename the File->Export menu labels to match Save/Save as

 - Fix keyboard shortcuts on OSX Mavericks

 - Don't open lots of progress popups when opening many files

 - Correctly restore the hidden state of docks in single window mode

Libgimp :

 - Fix exporting an image consisting of a single layer group

 - Don't attempt to pick transparent colors

Plug-ins :

 - Fix crash in LCMS plugin if RGB profile was missing

General :

 - Bug fixes

 - Translation updates

Additionally, this update fixes buffer overflows in the XWD loader.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected gimp package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1037720

http://www.nessus.org/u?d0f61aa4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71475

File Name: fedora_2013-22771.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/17/2013

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gimp, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/5/2013

Reference Information

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

FEDORA: 2013-22771