References:
 DSA-1493-1 (http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1493)
Quoting:
 "Several local/remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the image
 loading library for the Simple DirectMedia Layer 1.2. The Common
 Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
CVE-2007-6697
    Gynvael Coldwind discovered a buffer overflow in GIF image parsing,
     which could result in denial of service and potentially the
     execution of arbitrary code.
CVE-2008-0544
    It was discovered that a buffer overflow in IFF ILBM image parsing
     could result in denial of service and potentially the execution of
     arbitrary code."

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-6697

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-0544

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Buffer overflow in GIF handling
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185782
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