- Issued:
- 2012-08-20
- Updated:
- 2012-08-20
RHSA-2012:1180 - Moderate: gimp security update
Synopsis
Moderate: gimp security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory Moderate
Topic
Updated gimp packages that fix three security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Description
The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and editing program.
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)
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) decompression algorithm implementation used by 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-2011-2896)
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)
Red Hat would like to thank Matthias Weckbecker of the SUSE Security Team for reporting the CVE-2012-3481 issue.
Users of the GIMP are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues. The GIMP must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258
Affected Products
| Product | Version | Arch |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support | 6.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian | 6 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support | 6.3 | ppc64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support | 6.3 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.3 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI | 6.3 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension | 6 | i386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) | 6 | s390x |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | x86_64 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6 | i386 |
Updated Packages
- gimp-help-browser-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.i686.rpm
- gimp-devel-tools-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.s390x.rpm
- gimp-debuginfo-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.s390x.rpm
- gimp-debuginfo-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.ppc64.rpm
- gimp-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.i686.rpm
- gimp-devel-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.s390.rpm
- gimp-libs-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.x86_64.rpm
- gimp-help-browser-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.ppc64.rpm
- gimp-debuginfo-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.s390.rpm
- gimp-libs-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.ppc64.rpm
- gimp-devel-tools-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.ppc64.rpm
- gimp-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.src.rpm
- gimp-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.s390x.rpm
- gimp-devel-tools-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.x86_64.rpm
- gimp-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.x86_64.rpm
- gimp-debuginfo-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.i686.rpm
- gimp-libs-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.s390x.rpm
- gimp-libs-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.i686.rpm
- gimp-libs-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.ppc.rpm
- gimp-devel-tools-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.i686.rpm
- gimp-devel-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.ppc64.rpm
- gimp-help-browser-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.s390x.rpm
- gimp-help-browser-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.x86_64.rpm
- gimp-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.ppc64.rpm
- gimp-devel-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.x86_64.rpm
- gimp-devel-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.ppc.rpm
- gimp-devel-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.s390x.rpm
- gimp-debuginfo-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.ppc.rpm
- gimp-devel-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.i686.rpm
- gimp-libs-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.s390.rpm
- gimp-debuginfo-2.6.9-4.el6_3.3.x86_64.rpm
Fixes
- This content is not included.BZ - 727800
- This content is not included.BZ - 839020
- This content is not included.BZ - 847303
CVEs
References
Additional information
- The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
- Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.