Upstream information

CVE-2013-1978 at MITRE

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the read_xwd_cols function in file-xwd.c in the X Window Dump (XWD) plug-in in GIMP 2.6.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an X Window System (XWD) image dump with more colors than color map entries.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 853425 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
  • gimp >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
  • gimp-devel >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
  • gimp-lang >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
  • gimp-plugins-python >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-gimp
sledsp3-gimp
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • gimp >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
  • gimp-devel >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
  • gimp-lang >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
  • gimp-plugins-python >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA gimp-2.6.2-3.34.45.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • gimp >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
  • gimp-devel >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
  • gimp-lang >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
  • gimp-plugins-python >= 2.6.2-3.34.45.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-gimp

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 gimp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 gimp Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 gimp Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 gimp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 gimp Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 gimp Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 gimp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 gimp Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 gimp Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 gimp Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 gimp Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 gimp Affected

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Dec 3 18:15:25 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Jul 25 12:22:49 2024