Description
Buffer overflow in Imager 0.42 through 0.63 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an image based fill in which the number of input channels is different from the number of output channels.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | libimager-perl | 0.64-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | libimager-perl | 0.64-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | libimager-perl | 0.64-1 | — |
References
- 30030 third-party-advisory
- imager-doubleprecisionimage-bo(41986) vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-3352 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-1387 vdb-entry
- http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=35324
- 28980 vdb-entry
- 30011 third-party-advisory
- http://imager.perl.org/i/release064/Imager_0_64