Executive Summary

Summary
Title Common Data Format library: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-200805-14 First vendor Publication 2008-05-13
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2008-05-13
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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A buffer overflow vulnerability has been discovered in the Common Data Format library.

Background

The Common Data Format library is a scientific data management package which allows programmers and application developers to manage and manipulate scalar, vector, and multi-dimensional data arrays in a platform independent fashion.

Description

Alfredo Ortega (Core Security Technologies) reported a boundary error within the Read32s_64() function when processing CDF files.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted CDF file, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Common Data Format library users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-libs/cdf-3.2.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-2080 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2080

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-14.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-14.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 11

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200805-14 (cdf)
File : nvt/glsa_200805_14.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: cdf3
File : nvt/freebsd_cdf3.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
44800 Common Data Format Read32s_64 Function Crafted CDF File Handling Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2008-08-20 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_c4f31e166e3311dd8eb70011098ad87f.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-05-16 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200805-14.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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