CVE-2008-0553

Publication date 7 February 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in tkImgGIF.c in Tk (Tcl/Tk) before 8.5.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image, a similar issue to CVE-2006-4484.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
tk8.0	8.10 intrepid	Not in release
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release
	7.10 gutsy	Not in release
	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 8.0.5-11ubuntu0.1
tk8.3	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 8.3.5-12
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 8.3.5-12
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 8.3.5-6ubuntu3.1
	7.04 feisty	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.10 edgy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 8.3.5-4ubuntu1.2
tk8.4	8.10 intrepid	Not affected
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 8.4.16-2ubuntu1.1
	7.10 gutsy	Fixed 8.4.15-1ubuntu1.1
	7.04 feisty	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.10 edgy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	6.06 LTS dapper	Fixed 8.4.12-0ubuntu1.2
tk8.5	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 8.5.0-3
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 8.5.0-3
	7.10 gutsy	Not in release
	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.10 edgy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
tk8.3	Vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0134.html Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1490
tk8.4	Vendor: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0135.html Vendor: http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1491 Vendor: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464056 Upstream: http://tktoolkit.cvs.sourceforge.net/tktoolkit/tk/generic/tkImgGIF.c?r1=1.40&r2=1.41

CVE-2008-0553

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