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[GLSA-200504-22] KDE kimgio: PCX handling buffer overflow

Family:

Gentoo Local Security Checks

Category:

infos

Copyright:

(C) 2005 Michel Arboi

Summary:

KDE kimgio: PCX handling buffer overflow

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Cve_id:

CAN-2005-1046

Bugtraq_id:

-

Xrefs:

GLSA:200504-22

Description:

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200504-22
(KDE kimgio: PCX handling buffer overflow)


kimgio fails to properly validate input when handling PCX files.

Impact

By enticing a user to load a specially-crafted PCX image in a KDE
application, an attacker could execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1046
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050421-1.txt


Solution:
All kdelibs users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose kde-base/kdelibs


Risk factor : Medium