Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1672-1 imlib2 -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:
29 Nov 2008
Affected Packages:
imlib2
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 505714.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-5187.
More information:

Julien Danjou and Peter De Wachter discovered that a buffer overflow in the XPM loader of Imlib2, a powerful image loading and rendering library, might lead to arbitrary code execution.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.0-1.2.

We recommend that you upgrade your imlib2 packages.

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+etch2.dsc
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2.diff.gz
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_alpha.deb
AMD64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_amd64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_amd64.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_ia64.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2_sparc.deb

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