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Posted on 18 November 2009
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Secunia Research 17/11/2009
- Gimp PSD Image Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* Gimp 2.6.7
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: System Access
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely
distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching,
image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating
systems, in many languages.".
Product Link:
http://www.gimp.org/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Gimp, which can be
exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's
system.
The vulnerability is caused by an integer overflow error within the
"read_channel_data()" function in plug-ins/file-psd/psd-load.c. This
can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by e.g.
tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PSD file.
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5) Solution
Fixed in the GIT repository.
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6) Time Table
04/11/2009 - Vendor notified.
12/11/2009 - Second attempt to contact vendor. Also notified
vendor-sec mailing list.
13/11/2009 - Vendor response.
17/11/2009 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2009-3909 for the vulnerability.
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9) About Secunia
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-43/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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