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Kimgio Input Validation Errors
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SUMMARY
kimgio contains a PCX image file format reader that does not properly
perform input validation. A source code audit performed by the KDE
security team discovered several vulnerabilities in the PCX and other
image file format readers, some of them exploitable to execute arbitrary
code.
DETAILS
Systems affected:
* kdelibs as shipped with KDE 3.2 up to including KDE 3.4.
Impact:
Remotly supplied, specially crafted image files can be used to execute
arbitrary code.
Solution:
Source code patches have been made available which fix these
vulnerabilities. Contact your OS vendor / binary package provider for
information about how to obtain updated binary packages.
Patch:
A patch for KDE 3.4.0 is available from
<ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches>
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
78473d4dad612e6617eb6652eec2ab80 post-3.4.0-kdelibs-kimgio.diff
A patch for KDE 3.3.2 is available from
<ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches>
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches :
8366d0e5c8101c315a0bdafac54536d6 post-3.3.2-kdelibs-kimgio.diff
Time line and credits:
24/03/2005 Notification of KDE by Bruno Rohee
21/04/2005 Coordinated Public Disclosure
CVE Information:
<http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1046>
CAN-2005-1046
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The information has been provided by <mailto:dirk@kde.org> Dirk Mueller.
The original article can be found at:
<http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050421-1.txt>
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050421-1.txt
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