Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : OpenEXR (MDVSA-2009:190)
high Nessus Plugin ID 40465
Synopsis
The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in OpenEXR :Multiple integer overflows in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger heap-based buffer overflows, related to (1) the Imf::PreviewImage::PreviewImage function and (2) compressor constructors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information (CVE-2009-1720).
The decompression implementation in the Imf::hufUncompress function in OpenEXR 1.2.2 and 1.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors that trigger a free of an uninitialized pointer (CVE-2009-1721).
This update provides fixes for these vulnerabilities.
Solution
Update the affected packages.Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 40465
File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2009-190.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks
Published: 8/3/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:OpenEXR, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64OpenEXR-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64OpenEXR6, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libOpenEXR-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libOpenEXR6, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2009.1
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/2/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-1720, CVE-2009-1721
BID: 35838