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[DSA1116] DSA-1116-1 gimp

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-1116-1 gimp

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Henning Makholm discovered a buffer overflow in the XCF loading code
of Gimp, an image editing program. Opening a specially crafted XCF
image might cause the application to execute arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.6-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 2.2.11-3.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your gimp package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1116
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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