GIMP: Buffer overflow

1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Advisory Reference	GLSA 200607-08 / gimp
Release Date	July 23, 2006
Latest Revision	July 24, 2006: 02
Impact	normal
Exploitable	remote

Package	Vulnerable versions	Unaffected versions	Architecture(s)
media-gfx/gimp	< 2.2.12	>= 2.2.12	All supported architectures

Related bugreports: #139524

Synopsis

GIMP is prone to a buffer overflow which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code when loading specially crafted XCF files.

2. Impact Information

Background

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. XCF is the native image file format used by GIMP.

Description

Henning Makholm discovered that the "xcf_load_vector()" function is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when loading a XCF file with a large "num_axes" value.

Impact

An attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted XCF file.

3. Resolution Information

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GIMP users should update to the latest stable version:

Code Listing 3.1: Resolution

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gimp-2.2.12"

4. References

CVE-2006-3404

Page updated July 23, 2006

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