[Secure-testing-team] Bug#884837: gimp: CVE-2017-17789 Heap overflow in PSP import plugin

[Raphael Hertzog]

Package: gimp
X-Debbugs-CC: team at security.debian.org secure-testing-team at lists.alioth.debian.org
Severity: important
Tags: security
Control: forwarded -1 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790849

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for gimp.

CVE-2017-17789[0]:
gimp: Heap overflow in PSP import plugin

The upstream ticket is here:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=790849

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17789
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17789

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

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Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer

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