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:
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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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libi/libimager-perl/libimager-perl_0.50-1etch1.dsc
- 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.