Executive Summary



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Summary
Title GDK-PixBuf: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201709-08 First vendor Publication 2017-09-17
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-09-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A 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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in GDK-PixBuf, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

GDK-PixBuf is an image loading library for GTK+.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GDK-PixBuf. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

A remote attacker, by sending a specially crafted TIFF, JPEG, or URL, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All GDK-PixBuf users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-libs/gdk-pixbuf-2.36.9"

Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-6311 : https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6311
[ 2 ] CVE-2017-6312 : https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6312
[ 3 ] CVE-2017-6313 : https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6313
[ 4 ] CVE-2017-6314 : https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-6314

Availability

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-08

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201709-08.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
33 % CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
33 % CWE-191 Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)
33 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 14
Os 1
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-01-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4088.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-19 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3418-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-18 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201709-08.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2017-1024.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-07 Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_SU-2017-2381-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2017-09-19 13:25:09
  • Multiple Updates
2017-09-17 21:23:28
  • First insertion