GIMP: Buffer overflow — GLSA 200705-08

GIMP is vulnerable to a buffer overflow which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Affected packages

Background

GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program.

Description

Marsu discovered that the "set_color_table()" function in the SUNRAS plugin is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow.

Impact

An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted .RAS file, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running GIMP.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/gimp-2.2.14"

References

• CVE-2007-2356

Release date
May 07, 2007

Latest revision
May 07, 2007: 01

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

• 176226