RHEL 5 : lcms (RHSA-2009:0339)

high Nessus Plugin ID 35970

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated lcms packages that resolve several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Little Color Management System (LittleCMS, or simply 'lcms') is a small-footprint, speed-optimized open source color management engine.

Multiple integer overflow flaws which could lead to heap-based buffer overflows, as well as multiple insufficient input validation flaws, were found in LittleCMS. An attacker could use these flaws to create a specially crafted image file which could cause an application using LittleCMS to crash, or, possibly, execute arbitrary code when opened by a victim. (CVE-2009-0723, CVE-2009-0733)

A memory leak flaw was found in LittleCMS. An application using LittleCMS could use excessive amount of memory, and possibly crash after using all available memory, if used to open specially crafted images. (CVE-2009-0581)

Red Hat would like to thank Chris Evans from the Google Security Team for reporting these issues.

All users of LittleCMS should install these updated packages, which upgrade LittleCMS to version 1.18. All running applications using the lcms library must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected lcms, lcms-devel and / or python-lcms packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0581

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0723

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0733

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:0339

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 35970

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-0339.nasl

Version: 1.25

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/20/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:lcms, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:lcms-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-lcms, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0581, CVE-2009-0723, CVE-2009-0733

CWE: 119, 189, 399

RHSA: 2009:0339