metadata/glsa/glsa-201804-14.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201804-14">
  <title>GDK-PixBuf: Remote code execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability has been found in GDK-PixBuf that may allow a
    remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">gdkpixbuf</product>
  <announced>2018-04-17</announced>
  <revised count="1">2018-04-17</revised>
  <bug>644770</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.36.11</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.36.11</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>GDK-PixBuf is an image loading library for GTK+.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Several integer overflows were discovered in GDK-PixBuf’s gif_get_lzw
      function.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted
      image file, could execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service
      condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All GDK-PixBuf users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf-2.36.11"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000422">
      CVE-2017-1000422
    </uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-04-17T17:12:14Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-04-17T18:21:26Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>