Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1598-1 libtk-img -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
19 Jun 2008
Affected Packages:
libtk-img
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 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.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2.diff.gz
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3-15etch2_sparc.deb

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