Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | MPFR vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-772-1 | First vendor Publication | 2009-05-07 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2009-05-07 |
| 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: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
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 9.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 9.04: In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: It was discovered that MPFR improperly handled string lengths in its print routines. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted data with applications linked against MPFR, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-772-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13251 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:13251 | ||
| Title: | USN-772-1 -- mpfr vulnerability | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that MPFR improperly handled string lengths in its print routines. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing specially crafted data with applications linked against MPFR, an attacker could cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code with privileges of the user invoking the program. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-772-1 CVE-2009-0757 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 9.04 | Product(s): | mpfr |
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-06-05 | Name : Ubuntu USN-771-1 (libmodplug) File : nvt/ubuntu_771_1.nasl |
| 2009-06-05 | Name : Ubuntu USN-772-1 (mpfr) File : nvt/ubuntu_772_1.nasl |
| 2009-03-13 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200903-13 (mpfr) File : nvt/glsa_200903_13.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 53116 | GNU MPFR printf.c mpfr_snprintf() / mpfr_vsnprintf() Functions Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-05-08 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-772-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2009-03-10 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200903-13.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:05:56 |
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