Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title GDK-PixBuf: Remote code execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201804-14 First vendor Publication 2018-04-17
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2018-04-17
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: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

A vulnerability has been found in GDK-PixBuf that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Background

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

Description

Several integer overflows were discovered in GDK-PixBuf's gif_get_lzw function.

Impact

A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted image file, could execute arbitrary code 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-2.36.11"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2017-1000422 : https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000422

Availability

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

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-14

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201804-14.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 14
Os 3
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-04-18 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201804-14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-13 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1045.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-13 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1046.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-01-16 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4088.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2018-04-17 21:18:49
  • First insertion