TITLE:
giflib GIF File Handling Two Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA17462

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17462/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Giflib 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/6053/

DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in giflib, which can be
exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and
potentially to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA17436

Note: All applications that use giflib are potentially affected by
these vulnerabilities.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.1.4.
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=102202&package_id=119585

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA17436:
http://secunia.com/advisories/17436/

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