Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2005:810.
The gdk-pixbuf package contains an image loading library used with the GNOME GUI desktop environment.
A bug was found in the way gdk-pixbuf processes XPM images. An attacker could create a carefully crafted XPM file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with gdk-pixbuf to execute arbitrary code when the file was opened by a victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-3186 to this issue.
Ludwig Nussel discovered an integer overflow bug in the way gdk-pixbuf processes XPM images. An attacker could create a carefully crafted XPM file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with gdk-pixbuf to execute arbitrary code or crash when the file was opened by a victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-2976 to this issue.
Ludwig Nussel also discovered an infinite-loop denial of service bug in the way gdk-pixbuf processes XPM images. An attacker could create a carefully crafted XPM file in such a way that it could cause an application linked with gdk-pixbuf to stop responding when the file was opened by a victim. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project has assigned the name CVE-2005-2975 to this issue.
Users of gdk-pixbuf are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches and are not vulnerable to these issues.
Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-810.html
Risk factor : High
CVSS Score: 7.8
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