GTKSee PNG Image Loading Heap Corruption Vulnerability

BID:8061

Info

GTKSee PNG Image Loading Heap Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 8061
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0444
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jun 29 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 10:56PM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported by the vendor.
Vulnerable: GTKSee GTKSee 0.5.1
GTKSee GTKSee 0.5
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
 + Debian Linux 3.0 mips
 + Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
 + Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
 + Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
 + Debian Linux 3.0 arm
 + Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
 + Debian Linux 3.0
Not Vulnerable: GTKSee GTKSee 0.5.2

Exploit / POC

GTKSee PNG Image Loading Heap Corruption Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

GTKSee PNG Image Loading Heap Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Gentoo has released advisory 200307-05 to address this issue. Users of affected systems are advised to perform the following procedures to update vulnerable systems:

emerge sync
emerge gtksee
emerge clean

Fixes available:


GTKSee GTKSee 0.5

GTKSee GTKSee 0.5.1

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