Security fix for CVE-2017-17784 CVE-2017-17785 CVE-2017-17786 CVE-2017-17787 CVE-2017-17788 CVE-2017-17789

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This update for gimp fixes the following issues :

Fix for crashing due to segmentation fault caused by importing ghostscript files. (bsc#1161998)

Security issues fixed: CVE-2017-17785: Fixed an heap-based buffer overflow in FLI import (bsc#1073625)

CVE-2017-17786: Fixed an out-of-bounds read in TGA (bsc#1073626)

CVE-2017-17788: Fixed an out-of-bounds read in XCF (bsc#1073629)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

According to the versions of the gimp packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read     in load_image in plug-ins/common/file-gbr.c in the gbr     import parser, related to mishandling of UTF-8     data.(CVE-2017-17784)

  - In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer overflow     in the fli_read_brun function in     plug-ins/file-fli/fli.c.(CVE-2017-17785)

  - In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read     in ReadImage in plug-ins/common/file-tga.c (related to     bgr2rgb.part.1) via an unexpected bits-per-pixel value     for an RGBA image.(CVE-2017-17786)

  - In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer over-read     in read_creator_block in     plug-ins/common/file-psp.c.(CVE-2017-1778)

  - In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a stack-based buffer over-read     in xcf_load_stream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is no     '\\0' character after the version     string.(CVE-2017-17788)

  - In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a heap-based buffer overflow     in read_channel_data in     plug-ins/common/file-psp.c.(CVE-2017-17789)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, which could result in denial of service (application crash) or potentially the execution of arbitrary code if malformed files are opened.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In GIMP 2.8.22, there is a stack-based buffer over-read in xcf_load_stream in app/xcf/xcf.c when there is     no '\0' character after the version string. (CVE-2017-17788)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Hanno B&ouml;ck found several buffer overflows in GIMP, the GNU Image Manipulation Program, which could lead to application crash or other unspecified behaviour if a user opened untrusted input files.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2.8.2-2+deb7u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your gimp packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3539-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that GIMP incorrectly handled certain images. If a user were tricked into opening a     specially crafted image, an attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-17784,     CVE-2017-17785, CVE-2017-17786, CVE-2017-17787, CVE-2017-17788, CVE-2017-17789)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
106030	Fedora 27 : 2:gimp (2018-67b75f73fa)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/15/2018	11/3/2025	high
134350	SUSE SLED12 Security Update : gimp (SUSE-SU-2020:0601-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/9/2020	3/25/2024	high
106163	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : gimp (EulerOS-SA-2018-1022)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	1/19/2018	11/3/2025	high
105499	Debian DSA-4077-1 : gimp - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	1/2/2018	11/10/2025	high
220934	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-17788	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/3/2025	medium
105427	Debian DLA-1220-1 : gimp security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	12/26/2017	11/11/2025	high
106267	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : GIMP vulnerabilities (USN-3539-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	1/23/2018	8/27/2024	high
106164	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : gimp (EulerOS-SA-2018-1023)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	1/19/2018	11/3/2025	high

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