Executive Summary

Summary
TitleSWFTools: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
NameGLSA-201204-05First vendor Publication2012-04-17
VendorGentooLast vendor Modification2012-04-17
Severity (Vendor) NormalRevisionN/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score9.3Attack RangeNetwork
Cvss Impact Score10Attack ComplexityMedium
Cvss Expoit Score8.6AuthentificationNone Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A heap-based buffer overflow in SWFTools could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

SWFTools is a collection of SWF manipulation and generation utilities written by Rainer Böhme and Matthias Kramm.

Description

Integer overflow errors in the "getPNG()" function in png.c and the
"jpeg_load()" function in jpeg.c could cause a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PNG or JPEG file, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

Gentoo discontinued support for SWFTools. We recommend that users unmerge swftools:
# emerge --unmerge "media-gfx/swftools"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-1516 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-1516

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-05.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201204-05.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

idName
CWE-189Numeric Errors

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

idDescription
67147SWFTools lib/jpeg.c jpeg_load() Function Overflow
67146SWFTools lib/png.c getPNG() Function Overflow