1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200812-23 / imlib2 |
| Release Date | December 23, 2008 |
| Latest Revision | December 23, 2008: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| media-libs/imlib2 | < 1.4.2-r1 | >= 1.4.2-r1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #248057
A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Imlib2.
Imlib2 is replacement library from the Enlightenment project for libraries like libXpm.
Julien Danjou reported a pointer arithmetic error and a heap-based buffer overflow within the load() function of the XPM image loader.
A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted XPM image, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Imlib2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/imlib2-1.4.2-r1" |