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ELSA-2009-0444 Important: Enterprise Linux giflib security update

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ELSA-2009-0444 Important: Enterprise Linux giflib security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/03/2005
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

libungif library before 4.1.0 allows attackers to corrupt memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file that leads to an out-of-bounds write.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-giflib
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-giflib-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-giflib-utils

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