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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for xcftools (DLA-2553-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'xcftools' package(s) announced via the DLA-2553-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Claudio Bozzato of Cisco Talos discovered an exploitable integer overflow vulnerability in the flattenIncrementally function in the xcf2png and xcf2pnm binaries of xcftools. An integer overflow can occur while walking through tiles that could be exploited to corrupt memory and execute arbitrary code. In order to trigger this vulnerability, a victim would need to open a specially crafted XCF file.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'xcftools' package(s) on Debian Linux.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.7-6+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your xcftools packages.

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