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Alpine Linux: Vulnerability in gimp < 2.8.x may allow code execution

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Alpine Linux: Vulnerability in gimp < 2.8.x may allow code execution

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/10/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/30/2017
Modified
02/28/2018

Description

Vulnerability in gimp before 2.8.x may allow code execution. There is a buffer overflow in the command parsing code such that a long command overwrites various function pointers on the heap and gives the attacker full control of EIP.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-gimp

References

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