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Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 21:45:39 +0000
From: "Morris, Patrick" <patrick.morris@...com>
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Subject: RE: GIMP FIT File Format DoS
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Sheridan [mailto:joe@...ctionis.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 3:56 AM
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> Subject: GIMP FIT File Format DoS
>
> Summary
> =======
>
> There is a file handling DoS in GIMP (the GNU Image Manipulation
> Program) for
> the 'fit' file format affecting all versions (Windows and Linux) up to
> and
> including 2.8.0. A file in the fit format with a malformed 'XTENSION'
> header
> will cause a crash in the GIMP program.
Is a crash in a single-user program really a security vulnerability? I could
understand if there was evidence that this could lead to privilege escalation
or other actual security issue, but this sounds like a garden-variety crash
bug to me.
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