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GLSA-200904-19 : LittleCMS: Multiple vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 36198
Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200904-19 (LittleCMS: Multiple vulnerabilities)RedHat reported a NULL pointer dereference flaw while processing monochrome ICC profiles (CVE-2009-0793).
Chris Evans of Google discovered the following vulnerabilities:
LittleCMS contains severe memory leaks (CVE-2009-0581).
LittleCMS is prone to multiple integer overflows, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2009-0723).
The ReadSetOfCurves() function is vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflows when called from code paths without a bounds check on channel counts (CVE-2009-0733).
Impact :
A remote attacker could entice a user or automated system to open a specially crafted file containing a malicious ICC profile, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application or memory exhaustion, leading to a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All LittleCMS users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-libs/lcms-1.18-r1'
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 36198
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200904-19.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 4/21/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:lcms, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0581, CVE-2009-0723, CVE-2009-0733, CVE-2009-0793