Debian GNU/Linux Advisory: imlib2

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 23, 2004

Debian Security Advisory DSA 552-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/
Martin Schulze
September 22nd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq


Package : imlib2
Vulnerability : unsanitised input
Problem-Type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CAN-2004-0802
Debian Bug : 271375

Marcus Meissner discovered a heap overflow error in imlib2, an
imaging library for X and X11 and the successor of imlib, that may
be utilised by an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victims
machine.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed
in version 1.0.5-2woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed
in version 1.1.0-12.4.

We recommend that you upgrade your imlib2 packages.

Upgrade Instructions


wget url

will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb

will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update

will update the internal database apt-get upgrade

will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody


Source archives:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.0.5-2woody1.dsc

Size/MD5 checksum: 733 6e0c48c0bb26f71779994f48a1276f7d

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.0.5-2woody1.diff.gz

Size/MD5 checksum: 23552 75fc0654f4d5e8541a3def4e9b8682ea

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/imlib2_1.0.5.orig.tar.gz

Size/MD5 checksum: 688261 3b1a80c95ff2a4cfb3bce49e27d94461

Alpha architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.0.5-2woody1_alpha.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 191008 1932e664898be7eb536ed57c13c72092

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.0.5-2woody1_alpha.deb

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Size/MD5 checksum: 482610 412010c09df703e76c35d772c8a94e27

ARM architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.0.5-2woody1_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 165138 58f39fa64ab03d1426edb509a2bdba4f

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.0.5-2woody1_arm.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 440882 6241d966c3f4ea7e1c4e5df327b424e1

Intel IA-32 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.0.5-2woody1_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 149288 8cb2235e5b522658c8a1bfd08f8deb77

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.0.5-2woody1_i386.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 403260 263d6ce6bebe21750107b6b8e01133d3

Intel IA-64 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.0.5-2woody1_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 246578 4b36c9ec394e4eb52ccbbaa45812e71e

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.0.5-2woody1_ia64.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 508040 d9d004de6215343005bd9103c3bde9e1

HP Precision architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.0.5-2woody1_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 193378 bff4a447aa4ccf25639afa48dfc1d66a

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.0.5-2woody1_hppa.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 467328 6e126882e888d9eee559695747527d0c

Motorola 680×0 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.0.5-2woody1_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 149228 f8de84277791acfe4d21980c18dc785f

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.0.5-2woody1_m68k.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 402160 e47af6aa12039f334361c0847bef326b

Big endian MIPS architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.0.5-2woody1_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 157820 c320f8730e74ab8fef95315c12eef054

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.0.5-2woody1_mips.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 447128 8e890ee8e806f922bc236025890d96df

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Little endian MIPS architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.0.5-2woody1_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 156994 a5eb9cd7a19e755e225435d42a1bc1b9

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.0.5-2woody1_mipsel.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 439402 dedf6435b9984f7595b44e554af52031

PowerPC architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.0.5-2woody1_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 168606 2b5a9e85e4b05ec4235fe2c7bb27ee54

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.0.5-2woody1_powerpc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 443384 83a929d947b89e3338c4ec80e88fd84f

IBM S/390 architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.0.5-2woody1_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 168770 c120eb24b687a7452fde8f1f8eb6f50c

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.0.5-2woody1_s390.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 421318 fe87d6d3664c181e3da123acec565c6c

Sun Sparc architecture:


http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2_1.0.5-2woody1_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 166128 765676ea4c0755eeb95bee7f8eebd980

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/i/imlib2/libimlib2-dev_1.0.5-2woody1_sparc.deb

Size/MD5 checksum: 434668 c343afb55a57309a3b4d402c26058d01

These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution
on its next update.


For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/
stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security
dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>’ and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg>

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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