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Debian Security Advisory DSA 1116-1 (gimp)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.1

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

16 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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Summary

The remote host is missing an update to gimp announced via advisory DSA 1116-1. 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

Solution

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.6-1sarge1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.11-3.1. We recommend that you upgrade your gimp package. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201116-1

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