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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-2949

Original release date:07/04/2007

Last revised:03/04/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Integer overflow in the seek_to_and_unpack_pixeldata function in the psd.c plugin in Gimp 2.2.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PSD file that contains a large (1) width or (2) height value.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:6.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.4

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#399896

Name: VU#399896

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/399896

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-2421

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/2421

External Source: MISC

Name: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-63/advisory/

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-63/advisory/

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25677

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25677

External Source: BID

Name: 24745

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24745

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://svn.gnome.org/viewcvs/gimp?view=revision&revision=22798

Hyperlink:http://svn.gnome.org/viewcvs/gimp?view=revision&revision=22798

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5772

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5772

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1487

Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1487

External Source: XF

Name: gimp-unpackpixeldata-code-execution(35246)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/35246

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-480-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-480-1

External Source: SLACKWARE

Name: SSA:2007-222-01

Hyperlink:http://www.slackware.org/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.360191

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0513

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0513.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2007:015

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2007:170

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:170

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-4241

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/4241

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1335

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1335

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 201320

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-201320-1

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 103170

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103170-1

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200707-09

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200707-09.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28114

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28114

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26939

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26939

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26575

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26575

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26384

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26384

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26215

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26215

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26132

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26132

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26044

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26044

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25949

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25949

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://issues.foresightlinux.org/browse/FL-457

Hyperlink:http://issues.foresightlinux.org/browse/FL-457

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

AND

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts::amd64

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts::i386

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts::powerpc

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts::sparc

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10::amd64

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10::i386

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10::powerpc

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10::sparc

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:7.04::amd64

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:7.04::i386

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:7.04::powerpc

cpe:/o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:7.04::sparc

* cpe:/a:the_gimp_team:gimp:1.2.5

* cpe:/a:the_gimp_team:gimp:2.2.10

* cpe:/a:the_gimp_team:gimp:2.2.11

* cpe:/a:the_gimp_team:gimp:2.2.12

* cpe:/a:the_gimp_team:gimp:2.2.14

* cpe:/a:the_gimp_team:gimp:2.2.15

* cpe:/a:the_gimp_team:gimp:2.2.4

* cpe:/a:the_gimp_team:gimp:2.2.6

* cpe:/a:the_gimp_team:gimp:2.2.8

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2949