Executive Summary

Summary
Title Xfig: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201412-14 First vendor Publication 2014-12-13
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-12-13
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:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Two vulnerabilities have been found in Xfig, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code or Denial of Service.

Background

Xfig is an interactive drawing tool.

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow and a stack consumption vulnerability have been found in Xfig.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially-crafted file, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Xfig users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/xfig-3.2.5c"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2009-4227 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4227
[ 2 ] CVE-2009-4228 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-4228

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-14.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-14.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors
50 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-30 Name : Fedora Update for transfig FEDORA-2012-11718
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_11718_transfig_fc17.nasl
2012-08-30 Name : Fedora Update for transfig FEDORA-2012-11737
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_11737_transfig_fc16.nasl
2012-08-30 Name : Fedora Update for xfig FEDORA-2012-11801
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_11801_xfig_fc17.nasl
2012-08-24 Name : Fedora Update for xfig FEDORA-2012-11813
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_11813_xfig_fc16.nasl
2011-01-21 Name : Mandriva Update for xfig MDVSA-2011:010 (xfig)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2011_010.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
60873 Xfig u_bound.c Crafted FIG File DoS
60812 transfig fig2dev/read1_3.c read_textobject() Function Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-12-15 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201412-14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-11718.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-27 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-11737.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-11801.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-23 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-11813.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2011-01-28 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2011-010.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-12-16 13:25:44
  • Multiple Updates
2014-12-13 21:22:15
  • First insertion