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GLSA-200501-19 : imlib2: Buffer overflows in image decoding

critical Nessus Plugin ID 16410

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200501-19 (imlib2: Buffer overflows in image decoding)

 Pavel Kankovsky discovered that several buffer overflows found in the libXpm library (see GLSA 200409-34) also apply to imlib (see GLSA 200412-03) and imlib2. He also fixed a number of other potential security vulnerabilities.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could entice a user to view a carefully-crafted image file, which would potentially lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user viewing the image. This affects any program that utilizes of the imlib2 library.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All imlib2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/imlib2-1.2.0'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200412-03

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200501-19

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 16410

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200501-19.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 2/14/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:imlib2, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1026

GLSA: 200501-19