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ESB-2006.0862 -- [Solaris]
Security Vulnerability in GIMP(1) May Lead to Denial of
Service (DoS) or Execution of Arbitrary Code
10 September 2008
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: GIMP
Publisher: Sun Microsystems
Operating System: Solaris 10
Solaris 9
Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands
Denial of Service
Access: Remote/Unauthenticated
CVE Names: CVE-2006-3404
Ref: ESB-2006.0478
Original Bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-200070-1
Revision History: September 10 2008: Updated resolution section
detailing final patches
April 18 2008: Added patch information to
vulnerable releases
November 22 2006: Solaris 10 T-Patches available
November 22 2006: Initial Release
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Solution Type: Sun Alert
Solution 200070 : Security Vulnerability in GIMP(1) May Lead to
Denial of Service (DoS) or Execution of Arbitrary Code
Previously Published As: 102720
Product
Solaris 9 Operating System
Solaris 10 Operating System
Bug ID: 6451577
Date of Workaround Release: 20-NOV-2006
Date of Resolved Release: 08-Sep-2008
SA Document Body
A security vulnerability in the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)
(see below for details)
1. Impact
A security vulnerability in the GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP)
may allow a remote unprivileged user to cause a Denial of Service
(DoS) to the GIMP application or execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of a local user when that local user loads an XCF image
file supplied by an untrusted source.
This issue is described in the following document:
* CVE-2006-3404 at:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3404
2. Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10 without patch 122212-18
x86 Platform
* Solaris 10 without patch 122213-18
Note: Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 on the SPARC Platform and Solaris 8 on
the x86 Platform are not affected by this issue.
3. Symptoms
There are no reliable symptoms that would show the described issues
have been exploited.
4. Workaround
To avoid this issue, do not load images from untrusted sources.
5. Resolution
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
* Solaris 10 with patch 122212-18 or later
x86 Platform
* Solaris 10 with patch 122213-18 or later
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