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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-3178

Original release date:10/07/2005
Last revised:08/21/2010
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Buffer overflow in xloadimage 4.1 and earlier, and xli, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long title name in a NIFF file, which triggers the overflow during (1) zoom, (2) reduce, or (3) rotate operations.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 incomplete approximation):
CVSS v2 Base Score:5.1 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
Exploitability Subscore: 4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-859
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-859
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-858
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-858
External Source: BID
Name: 15051
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15051
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2005:802
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-802.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2005:024
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_24_sr.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2005:192
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:192
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200510-26
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-26.xml
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-013.htm
Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-013.htm
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015072
Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1015072
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 18491
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18491
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 18170
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18170
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 18050
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/18050
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17369
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17369
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17282
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17282
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17273
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17273
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17206
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17206
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17143
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17143
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17140
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17140
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17139
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17139
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17124
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17124
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17087
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/17087/
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10590
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10590
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20051005 xloadimage buffer overflow.
Hyperlink:http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=112862493918840&w=2
External Source: SCO
Name: SCOSA-2005.56
Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/UnixWare/SCOSA-2005.56/SCOSA-2005.56.txt
External Source: SCO
Name: SCOSA-2005.62
Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2005.62/SCOSA-2005.62.txt
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FLSA-2006:152923
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/433935/30/5010/threaded

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10590
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10590

Vulnerable software and versions

Nav control imageConfiguration 1
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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:xli:xli
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:xloadimage:xloadimage:4.1 and previous versions
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3178