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Tk GIF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28784
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Release Date:
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2008-02-06
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Tcl/Tk 8.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0553 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Tk, which can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing GIF images within the "ReadImage()" function in tkImgGIF.c. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted GIF image.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 8.5.1.
Solution:
Update to version 8.5.1.
http://www.tcl.tk/software/tcltk/download.html
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showno...?release_id=573933&group_id=10894
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1. Tk GIF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
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