Gentoo Linux: CVE-2009-5018: gif2png: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
01/14/2011
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in gif2png.c in gif2png 2.5.3 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command-line argument, as demonstrated by a CGI program that launches gif2png.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-gfx-gif2png
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