Executive Summary

Summary
Title ArgyllCMS: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201206-04 First vendor Publication 2012-06-18
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2012-06-18
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 has been found in ArgyllCMS which could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

ArgyllCMS is an ICC compatible color management system that supports accurate ICC profile creation for scanners, cameras and film recorders.

Description

ArgyllCMS does not properly handle ICC profiles causing a use-after-free vulnerability.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image file using ArgyllCMS, 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 argyllcms users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-gfx/argyllcms-1.4.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-1616 : http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2012-1616

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-04.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-04.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 21
Application 5

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-08-10 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201206-04 (argyllcms)
File : nvt/glsa_201206_04.nasl
2012-05-08 Name : Fedora Update for argyllcms FEDORA-2012-6529
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2012_6529_argyllcms_fc16.nasl

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-06-21 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201206-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-05-07 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2012-6529.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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