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CVE-2005-2975 Detail

Description

io-xpm.c in the gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XPM image with a large number of colors.


Metrics

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17522 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17538 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17562 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17588 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17591 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17592 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17594 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17615 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17657 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17710 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17770 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/17791 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015216 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-229.pdf CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-911 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-913 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-14.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:214 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_65_gtk2.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-810.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Patch  Third Party Advisory  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-811.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/428052/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15429 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-216-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2433 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9697 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-2975
NVD Published Date:
11/18/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.