<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200903-04"> <title>DevIL: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis> Multiple boundary errors in DevIL may allow for the execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">devil</product> <announced>2009-03-06</announced> <revised count="01">2009-03-06</revised> <bug>255217</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="media-libs/devil" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.7.7</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.7.7</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Developer's Image Library (DevIL) is a cross-platform image library. </p> </background> <description> <p> Stefan Cornelius (Secunia Research) discovered two boundary errors within the iGetHdrHeader() function in src-IL/src/il_hdr.c. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted Radiance RGBE file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All DevIL users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/devil-1.7.7"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5262">CVE-2008-5262</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2009-03-05T20:17:56Z"> keytoaster </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2009-03-05T23:09:26Z"> keytoaster </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2009-03-06T22:07:22Z"> p-y </metadata> </glsa>