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Debian DSA-1116-1 : gimp - buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 22658

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Henning Makholm discovered a buffer overflow in the XCF loading code of Gimp, an image editing program. Opening a specially crafted XCF image might cause the application to execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the gimp package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.6-1sarge1.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1116

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 22658

File Name: debian_DSA-1116.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:gimp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/6/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3404

DSA: 1116