Executive Summary

Summary
Title SWI-Prolog : Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201312-05 First vendor Publication 2013-12-06
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2013-12-06
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

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in SWI-Prolog which allow attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Background

SWI-Prolog is a free, small, and standard compliant Prolog compiler.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in SWI-Prolog:
* An error in the canoniseFileName() function could cause a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2012-6089).
* An error in the expand() function could cause a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2012-6090).

Impact

A context-dependent attack can create files with specially crafted names, causing arbitrary code execution or a denial of service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All SWI-Prolog users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/swi-prolog-6.2.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-6089 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6089
[ 2 ] CVE-2012-6090 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6090

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201312-05.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201312-05.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 54

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-12-06 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201312-05.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-0178.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-0211.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-15 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-0225.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:37:57
  • Multiple Updates
2013-12-06 09:18:30
  • First insertion