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:
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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
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/libt/libtk-img/libtk-img_1.3.orig.tar.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.