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[ GLSA 200602-13 ] GraphicsMagick: Format string vulnerability



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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200602-13
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  Severity: Normal
     Title: GraphicsMagick: Format string vulnerability
      Date: February 26, 2006
      Bugs: #119476
        ID: 200602-13

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability in GraphicsMagick allows attackers to crash the
application and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Background
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GraphicsMagick is a collection of tools to read, write and manipulate
images in many formats.

Affected packages
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     Package                   /  Vulnerable  /             Unaffected
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  1  media-gfx/graphicsmagick       < 1.1.7                   >= 1.1.7

Description
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The SetImageInfo function was found vulnerable to a format string
mishandling. Daniel Kobras discovered that the handling of "%"-escaped
sequences in filenames passed to the function is inadequate in
ImageMagick GLSA 200602-06 and the same vulnerability exists in
GraphicsMagick.

Impact
======

By feeding specially crafted file names to GraphicsMagick an attacker
can crash the program and possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the user running GraphicsMagick.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All GraphicsMagick users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/graphicsmagick-1.1.7"

References
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  [ 1 ] GLSA 200602-06
        http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-06.xml

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200602-13.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

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