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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200812-23">
+ <title>Imlib2: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in Imlib2.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">imlib2</product>
+ <announced>2008-12-23</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2008-12-23</revised>
+ <bug>248057</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="media-libs/imlib2" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.4.2-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Imlib2 is replacement library from the Enlightenment project for
+ libraries like libXpm.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Julien Danjou reported a pointer arithmetic error and a heap-based
+ buffer overflow within the load() function of the XPM image loader.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could entice a user to process a specially crafted
+ XPM image, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code
+ with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of
+ Service.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Imlib2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=media-libs/imlib2-1.4.2-r1"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5187">CVE-2008-5187</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-12-07T11:53:50Z">
+ keytoaster
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-12-11T12:38:00Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-12-11T12:38:09Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>