DSA-1491-1 tk8.4 -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1491-1 tk8.4 -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

10 Feb 2008

Affected Packages:

tk8.4

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 8.4.9-1sarge2.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 8.4.12-1etch4.

We recommend that you upgrade your tk8.4 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2.dsc

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-doc_8.4.9-1sarge2_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_ia64.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_m68k.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.9-1sarge2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.9-1sarge2_sparc.deb

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4.diff.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-doc_8.4.12-1etch4_all.deb

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.12-1etch4_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4_alpha.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.12-1etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.12-1etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.12-1etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.12-1etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.12-1etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.12-1etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.12-1etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.12-1etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.12-1etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4_8.4.12-1etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.4/tk8.4-dev_8.4.12-1etch4_sparc.deb

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