DSA-464-1 gdk-pixbuf -- broken image handling

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2004-0111  

Thomas Kristensen discovered a vulnerability in gdk-pixbuf (binary package libgdk-pixbuf2), the GdkPixBuf image library for Gtk, that can cause the surrounding application to crash. To exploit this problem, a remote attacker could send a carefully-crafted BMP file via mail, which would cause e.g. Evolution to crash but is probably not limited to Evolution. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.0-2woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.22.0-3. We recommend that you upgrade your libgdk-pixbuf2 package.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-464-1 gdk-pixbuf -- broken image handling

Date Reported:
16 Mar 2004
Affected Packages:
gdk-pixbuf
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 9842.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2004-0111.
More information:

Thomas Kristensen discovered a vulnerability in gdk-pixbuf (binary package libgdk-pixbuf2), the GdkPixBuf image library for Gtk, that can cause the surrounding application to crash. To exploit this problem, a remote attacker could send a carefully-crafted BMP file via mail, which would cause e.g. Evolution to crash but is probably not limited to Evolution.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.0-2woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.22.0-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libgdk-pixbuf2 package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf_0.17.0-2woody1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf_0.17.0-2woody1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf_0.17.0.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2_0.17.0-2woody1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2_0.17.0-2woody1_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2_0.17.0-2woody1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2_0.17.0-2woody1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2_0.17.0-2woody1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2_0.17.0-2woody1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2_0.17.0-2woody1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2_0.17.0-2woody1_ia64.deb
HPPA:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2_0.17.0-2woody1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2_0.17.0-2woody1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2_0.17.0-2woody1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2_0.17.0-2woody1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2_0.17.0-2woody1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2_0.17.0-2woody1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2_0.17.0-2woody1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2_0.17.0-2woody1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2_0.17.0-2woody1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2_0.17.0-2woody1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2_0.17.0-2woody1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2_0.17.0-2woody1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome-dev_0.17.0-2woody1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2_0.17.0-2woody1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2_0.17.0-2woody1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.