It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the GIF image parsing code of Tk, a cross-platform graphical toolkit, could lead to denial of service and potentially the execution of arbitrary code. This is affected on all Linux / UNIX distributions.
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Details:
Package : libtk-img
Vulnerability : buffer overflow
Problem type : local (remote)
Debian-specific: no
CVE Id(s) : CVE-2008-0553
Debian / Ubuntu Linux Fix
Type the following command:
# apt-get update
# apt-get upgrade
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