Package : imlib2 Vulnerability : unsanitised input Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2004-0802 Debian Bug : 271375
Marcus Meissner discovered a heap overflow error in imlib2, an imaging library for X and X11 and the successor of imlib, that may be utilised by an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the victims machine.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.5-2woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0-12.4.
We recommend that you upgrade your imlib2 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 --------------------------------