CentOS 5 : tk (CESA-2008:0136)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31141

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated tk packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

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

Tk is a graphical toolkit for the Tcl scripting language.

An input validation flaw was discovered in Tk's GIF image handling. A code-size value read from a GIF image was not properly validated before being used, leading to a buffer overflow. A specially crafted GIF file could use this to cause a crash or, potentially, execute code with the privileges of the application using the Tk graphical toolkit.
(CVE-2008-0553)

A buffer overflow flaw was discovered in Tk's animated GIF image handling. An animated GIF containing an initial image smaller than subsequent images could cause a crash or, potentially, execute code with the privileges of the application using the Tk library.
(CVE-2007-5137)

All users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages which contain a backported patches to resolve these issues.

Solution

Update the affected tk packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9bbcd9bc

http://www.nessus.org/u?a7bb47dc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31141

File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0136.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/25/2008

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tk, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tk-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5137, CVE-2008-0553

BID: 25826, 27655

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2008:0136