DSA-1598-1 libtk-img -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1598-1 libtk-img -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

19 Jun 2008

Affected Packages:

libtk-img

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 denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.3-15etch4.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1:1.3-release-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your libtk-img package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3.orig.tar.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4.diff.gz

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch4_sparc.deb

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