Package : libungif4 Vulnerability : several Problem type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE IDs : CVE-2005-2974 CVE-2005-3350 Debian Bug : 337972
Chris Evans discovered several security related problems in libungif4, a shared library for GIF images. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following vulnerabilities:
CVE-2005-2974
Null pointer dereference, that could cause a denial of service.
CVE-2005-3350
Out of bounds memory access that could cause a denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.0b1-2woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 4.1.3-2sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your libungif4 packages.
Upgrade Instructions - --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody - --------------------------------