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RHEL 3 / 4 : gtk2 (RHSA-2005:344)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 17679

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated gtk2 packages that fix a double free vulnerability are now available.

This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The gtk2 package contains the GIMP ToolKit (GTK+), a library for creating graphical user interfaces for the X Window System.

A bug was found in the way gtk2 processes BMP images. It is possible that a specially crafted BMP image could cause a denial of service attack on applications linked against gtk2. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0891 to this issue.

Users of gtk2 are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch and is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected gtk2 and / or gtk2-devel packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2005-0891

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:344

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 17679

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-344.nasl

Version: 1.28

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/2/2005

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:gtk2-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0891

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2005:344