Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in gimp:
Multiple integer overflows in the load_image function in file-pcx.c in the Personal Computer Exchange (PCX) plugin in GIMP 2.6.x and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PCX image that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2011-1178).
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The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
gimp on Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-1178 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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