Executive Summary

Summary
Title DjVu: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201402-13 First vendor Publication 2014-02-09
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-02-09
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in DjVu could result in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

DjVu is a web-centric format and software platform for distributing documents and images.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in DjVu. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted DjVu 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

All DjVu users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/djvu-3.5.25.3"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-6535 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6535

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-13.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-13.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-94 Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20986
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20986
Title: USN-2056-1 -- djvulibre vulnerability
Description: DjVuLibre could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-2056-1
CVE-2012-6535
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.04
 Product(s): djvulibre
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21512
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21512
Title: DSA-2844-1 djvulibre - arbitrary code execution
Description: It was discovered that djvulibre, the Open Source DjVu implementation project, can be crashed or possibly make it execute arbitrary code when processing a specially crafted djvu file.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2844-1
CVE-2012-6535
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
 Product(s): djvulibre
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 25

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-02-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201402-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-01-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2844.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-12-17 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2056-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:38:10
  • Multiple Updates
2014-02-09 17:18:30
  • First insertion