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Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 10:14:37 +0100
From: Benji <me@...ji.com>
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Subject: Re: RE: GIMP FIT File Format DoS
hey! let them having something to add to CV! Stop be fun police!
Everyone know security isnt actually about security, just make CV look
super cool.
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Morris, Patrick <patrick.morris@...com> wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joseph Sheridan [mailto:joe@...ctionis.com]
>> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2012 3:56 AM
>> To: 'full-disclosure'; 'bugtraq'; secalert@...urityreason.com;
>> bugs@...uritytracker.com; 'vuln'; vuln@...urity.nnov.ru;
>> news@...uriteam.com; moderators@...db.org;
>> submissions@...ketstormsecurity.org; submit@...ecurity.com; oss-
>> security@...ts.openwall.com; bugs@...uritytracker.com
>> 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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