Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1594-1 imlib2 -- buffer overflows

Date Reported:
11 Jun 2008
Affected Packages:
imlib2
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-2426.
More information:

Stefan Cornelius discovered two buffer overflows in Imlib's - a powerful image loading and rendering library - image loaders for PNM and XPM images, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.0-1.1.

We recommend that you upgrade your imlib2 package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.3.0.0debian1.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_amd64.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch1_sparc.deb

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