INFORMATION BULLETIN

S-323: Imlib2 Vulnerabilities

[Debian Security Advisory DSA-1594-1]

June 19, 2008 16:00 GMT


PROBLEM:	Two buffer overflow's were discovered in Imlib's - a powerful image loading and rendering library - image loaders for PNM and XPM images, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code.
PLATFORM:	Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
DAMAGE:	Execution of arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:	Upgrade to the appropriate version.

VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT:	The risk is MEDIUM. May result inthe execution of arbitrary code.

CVSS 2 BASE SCORE: TEMPORAL SCORE: VECTOR:	6.4 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C)

LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN:	http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-323.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN:	http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1594
CVE:	CVE-2008-2426

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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1594-1 imlib2 -- buffer overflows

Date Reported:

11 Jun 2008

Affected Packages:

imlib2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-2426.

More information:

Stefan Cornelius discovered two buffer overflows in Imlib's - a powerful image loading and rendering library - image loaders for PNM and XPM images, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.0-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your imlib2 package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.3.0.0debian1.orig.tar.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1.dsc
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.


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