Moderate: gimp security update

Updated gimp packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image composition and
editing program.

Marsu discovered a stack overflow bug in The GIMP RAS file loader. An
attacker could create a carefully crafted file that could cause The GIMP to
crash or possibly execute arbitrary code if the file was opened by a
victim. (CVE-2007-2356)

For users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, the previous GIMP packages had a
bug that concerned the execution order in which the symbolic links to
externally packaged GIMP plugins are installed and removed, causing the
symbolic links to vanish when the package is updated.

Users of The GIMP should update to these erratum packages which contain a
backported fix to correct these issues.

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Although the execution order problem in GIMP packages for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 is fixed in these erratum packages, due to the
nature of the problem it will show up once more when updating from an
affected version to a fixed version. To add these symbolic links back in,
run the following command after installation of the new packages:

/usr/sbin/gimp-plugin-mgr --install \*

238420 - CVE-2007-2356 Stack overflow in gimp's sunras plugin
238993 - gimp removes symlinks to plugins of other packages when updated

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2356
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

buffer,, overflow, RAS,, stack,, Sun,