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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2008.0636 -- [UNIX/Linux][Debian] New libtk-img packages fix arbitrary code execution 20 June 2008 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: libtk-img Publisher: Debian Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX) Impact: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands Denial of Service Access: Remote/Unauthenticated CVE Names: CVE-2008-0553 Ref: ESB-2008.0477 ESB-2008.0187 Original Bulletin: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1598 Comment: This advisory references vulnerabilities in products which run on platforms other than Debian. It is recommended that administrators running libtk-img check for an updated version of the software for their operating system. - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Debian Security Advisory DSA-1598-1 security@debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Thijs Kinkhorst June 19, 2008 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Package : libtk-img Vulnerability : buffer overflow Problem type : local (remote) Debian-specific: no CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0553 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 1:1.3-15etch2. 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. Upgrade instructions - - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch - - ------------------------------- Source archives: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2.dsc Size/MD5 checksum: 955 899003c10c63f4045b6df8ef32d3fafe http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3.orig.tar.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 3918119 ee19a7fdaaa64e9d85eeecd3b78bce8f http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2.diff.gz Size/MD5 checksum: 242795 deb7118d93d3657201e4892c0e62e1d2 amd64 architecture (AMD x86_64 (AMD64)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_amd64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 461706 7394a577a99522bdabcf6016dcc05de7 arm architecture (ARM) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_arm.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 435110 96a6c430a51de8914023256029ebac06 hppa architecture (HP PA RISC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_hppa.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 488468 78173de530e68252090369658db6dab7 i386 architecture (Intel ia32) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_i386.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 431784 902eaac4fba63bccf7be864ff1242aa0 ia64 architecture (Intel ia64) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_ia64.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 601570 4c004fd7d945b8f3e4591b5bf27ce0a8 mips architecture (MIPS (Big Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_mips.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 445292 33639ca7ed46125b98e503c2b82e34e8 mipsel architecture (MIPS (Little Endian)) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_mipsel.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 440938 20d279c06711eb509f42d48ac697ba9f powerpc architecture (PowerPC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_powerpc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 452162 8e87166cc45ccbf4c0a38ee36993f472 s390 architecture (IBM S/390) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_s390.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 457402 2857259815207722d226c8fd90e78923 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_sparc.deb Size/MD5 checksum: 421954 686340dad232ce09f661569e37387b4d These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next update. - - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> - -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBSFrLW2z0hbPcukPfAQIdCQgAhccZto0Df/VeVPJVKbs1n7J8oaYG88A8 JSo+6CpBhrjwRjlb0fr5qQMjHRQqxkGGECvXlb52WLMMfGz7VRqNJG/OnbS1wAgn f7NH/QSF3hlCAV7TJXPgU1yVihRP8BIfuonHphqtcWlDXLQ+SwqZuSlQ9KE/MzcT 7gK9etNG6H2jAGPTo1M4pcp75ZfWQVR1COEzGHXp9ozIr3lDmRebE94c+49zgXGM 2CWCfUqQG5BPCp2XoKbv1hOf9uji5dxF5Qcc0vuc8J7DexSUwrnJhX6KEXHIUjPU la5y7kPPAA3TiB732x8HYGxbhgGOcSSziZhVHEhTldNTsz+Qj6v1Aw== =vF5L - -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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