Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1498-1 libimager-perl -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
19 Feb 2008
Affected Packages:
libimager-perl
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 421582.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2007-2459.
More information:

It was discovered that libimager-perl, a Perl extension for generating 24-bit images, did not correctly handle 8-bit compressed images, which could allow the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.50-1etch1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libimager-perl package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_mipsel.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1_sparc.deb

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