Summary
The remote host is missing an update to imlib2
announced via advisory DSA 1672-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%201672-1
Insight
Julien Danjou and Peter De Wachter discovered that a buffer overflow in the XPM loader of Imlib2, a powerful image loading and rendering library, might lead to arbitrary code execution.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.3.0.0debian1-4+etch2.
For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.0-1.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your imlib2 packages.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-5187 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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