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gimp: code execution

Package(s):gimp CVE #(s):CVE-2012-3403 CVE-2012-3481
Created:August 20, 2012 Updated:September 4, 2012
Description: From the Red Hat advisory:

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the GIMP's KiSS CEL file format plug-in. An attacker could create a specially-crafted KiSS palette file that, when opened, could cause the CEL plug-in to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the GIMP. (CVE-2012-3403)

An integer overflow flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the GIMP's GIF image format plug-in. An attacker could create a specially-crafted GIF image file that, when opened, could cause the GIF plug-in to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the GIMP. (CVE-2012-3481)

Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2012:1180-01 2012-08-20
Red Hat RHSA-2012:1181-01 2012-08-20
CentOS CESA-2012:1181 2012-08-20
Scientific Linux SL-gimp-20120820 2012-08-20
Scientific Linux SL-gimp-20120820 2012-08-20
CentOS CESA-2012:1180 2012-08-20
Mandriva MDVSA-2012:142 2012-08-21
Oracle ELSA-2012-1180 2012-08-20
Oracle ELSA-2012-1181 2012-08-20
Mageia MGASA-2012-0236 2012-08-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2012:1027-1 2012-08-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2012:1029-1 2012-08-23
SUSE SUSE-SU-2012:1038-1 2012-08-24
Fedora FEDORA-2012-12383 2012-08-28
Fedora FEDORA-2012-12364 2012-09-02
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2012:1080-1 2012-09-03
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2012:1131-1 2012-09-07
Ubuntu USN-1559-1 2012-09-10
Mandriva MDVSA-2013:082 2013-04-09

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