| Name | CVE-2012-4245 |
| Description | The scriptfu network server in GIMP 2.6 does not require authentication, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the python-fu-eval command. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gimp (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.8.14-1+deb8u2 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2.8.18-1+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.8.18-1+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.10.8-2+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.10.22-4+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.10.22-4+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.10.34-1+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 2.10.34-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid | 2.10.38-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gimp | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
The interface isn't designed or advertised to be secure, this is hardly a security issue in practice