Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1490-1 tk8.3 -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 10 Feb 2008
- Affected Packages:
- tk8.3
- 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 8.3.5-4sarge1.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 8.3.5-6etch2.
We recommend that you upgrade your tk8.3 packages.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-doc_8.3.5-4sarge1_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2.diff.gz
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-doc_8.3.5-6etch2_all.deb
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.