DSA-1490-1 tk8.3 -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1490-1 tk8.3 -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

10 Feb 2008

Affected Packages:

tk8.3

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0553.

More information:

It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the GIF image parsing code of Tk, a cross-platform graphical toolkit, could lead to a denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 8.3.5-4sarge1.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 8.3.5-6etch4.

We recommend that you upgrade your tk8.3 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1.diff.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-doc_8.3.5-4sarge1_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_ia64.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_m68k.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5.orig.tar.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-doc_8.3.5-6etch4_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch4_sparc.deb

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