__________________________________________________________ The U.S. Department of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability ___ __ __ _ ___ / | /_\ / \___ __|__ / \ \___ __________________________________________________________ INFORMATION BULLETIN Tk Vulnerability [Debian Security Advisory DSA-1490-1] February 11, 2008 18:00 GMT Number S-164 [REVISED 22 Feb 2008] [REVISED 27 Jun 2008] ______________________________________________________________________________ PROBLEM: A buffer overflow in the GIF image parsing code of Tk, a cross-platform graphical toolkit, could lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code. PLATFORM: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable), 4.0 (stable), and 4.0 (etch) Red Hat Desktop (v. 3, v. 4) Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, WS (v. 2.1, v.3, v.4) Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 Client) Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) DAMAGE: Execution of arbitrary code. SOLUTION: Upgrade to the appropriate version. ______________________________________________________________________________ VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. Could lead to denial of service and ASSESSMENT: potentially the execution of arbitrary code. ______________________________________________________________________________ LINKS: CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/s-164.shtml ORIGINAL BULLETIN: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1490 ADDITIONAL LINKS: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1491 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1598 CVE: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name= CVE-2008-0553 ______________________________________________________________________________ REVISION HISTORY: 02/22/2008 - revised S-164 to add links to Red Hat RHSA-2008:0134-3; RHSA-2008:0135-2; and RHSA-2008:0136-1 for Red Hat Desktop (v. 3, v. 4), Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, ES, WS (v. 2.1, v.3, v.4), Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 for the Itanium Processor, RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 Client), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client). 06/27/2008 - revised S-164 to add a link to Debian Security Advisory DSA-1598-1 for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch). [***** Start Debian Security Advisory DSA-1490-1 *****] Debian Security Advisory DSA-1490-1 tk8.3 -- buffer overflow Date Reported: 10 Feb 2008 Affected Packages: tk8.3 Vulnerable: Yes Security database references: In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0553. More information: It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the GIF image parsing code of Tk, a cross-platform graphical toolkit, could lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code. For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 8.3.5-4sarge1. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 8.3.5-6etch2. We recommend that you upgrade your tk8.3 packages. Fixed in: Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (oldstable) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1.diff.gz Architecture-independent component: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-doc_8.3.5-4sarge1_all.deb Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_alpha.deb AMD64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_amd64.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_arm.deb HP Precision: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_hppa.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_ia64.deb Motorola 680x0: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_m68k.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_m68k.deb Big-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_mips.deb Little-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-4sarge1_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-4sarge1_sparc.deb Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (stable) Source: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2.dsc http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2.diff.gz http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5.orig.tar.gz Architecture-independent component: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-doc_8.3.5-6etch2_all.deb Alpha: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_alpha.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_alpha.deb AMD64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_amd64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_amd64.deb ARM: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_arm.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_arm.deb HP Precision: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_hppa.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_hppa.deb Intel IA-32: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_i386.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_i386.deb Intel IA-64: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_ia64.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_ia64.deb Big-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_mips.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_mips.deb Little-endian MIPS: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_mipsel.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_mipsel.deb PowerPC: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_powerpc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_powerpc.deb IBM S/390: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_s390.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_s390.deb Sun Sparc: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3-dev_8.3.5-6etch2_sparc.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/t/tk8.3/tk8.3_8.3.5-6etch2_sparc.deb MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory. 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