USN-664-1: Tk vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 8.04
• Ubuntu 7.10
• Ubuntu 6.06

Packages

• tk8.0 -
• tk8.3 -
• tk8.4 -

Details

It was discovered that Tk could be made to overrun a buffer when loading
certain images. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted
GIF image, remote attackers could cause a denial of service or execute
arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 8.04

• tk8.4 - 8.4.16-2ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 7.10

• tk8.4 - 8.4.15-1ubuntu1.1
• tk8.3 - 8.3.5-6ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 6.06

• tk8.4 - 8.4.12-0ubuntu1.2
• tk8.3 - 8.3.5-4ubuntu1.2
• tk8.0 - 8.0.5-11ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2008-0553