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Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1021722.1.
Article ID : 1021722.1
Article Type : Sun Alerts (SURE)
Last reviewed : 2010-01-10
Audience : PUBLIC
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An Integer Overflow Vulnerability in GIMP(1) May Lead to Denial of Service (DoS) or Execution of Arbitrary Code

Category
Security

Release Phase
Resolved

Bug Id
6901023

Product
Solaris 10 Operating System
OpenSolaris

Date of Workaround Release
15-Dec-2009

Date of Resolved Release
11-Jan-2010

An integer overflow vulnerability in the GNU Image Manipulation Program ...

1. Impact

An integer overflow vulnerability in the GNU Image Manipulation Program
(GIMP(1)) may allow a local or remote unprivileged user to crash gimp
via a carefully crafted Bitmap (bmp) image file, resulting in a Denial
of Service (DoS) or to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a
local user using gimp application.

This issue is also described in the following document:
CVE-2009-1570 at http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1570



2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

  • Solaris 10 without patch 143510-01
  • OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_87 through snv_128

x86 Platform

  • Solaris 10 without patch 143511-01
  • OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_87 through snv_128

Note 1: Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 do not ship GIMP and are thus not
impacted by this issue.

Note 2: OpenSolaris distributions may include additional bug fixes above
and beyond the build from which it was derived. The base build can be
derived as follows:

	$ uname -a
	snv_115

3. Symptoms

Should the described issue occur, the GNU Image Manipulation Program
(GIMP(1)) may crash and potentially create a core dump depending on the
system configuration.



4. Workaround

To work around the described issue, do not load BitMap (bmp) images from
untrusted sources.



5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

SPARC Platform

  • Solaris 10 with patch 143510-01 or later
  • OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_129 or later

x86 Platform

  • Solaris 10 with patch 143511-01 or later
  • OpenSolaris based upon builds snv_129 or later


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Modification History
11-Jan-2010: Updated Contributing Factors and Resolution sections. Resolved.


References
 143510-01

 143511-01



                         



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