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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5503

Original release date:11/30/2007
Last revised:09/11/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Multiple integer overflows in Cairo before 1.4.12 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using a crafted PNG image with large width and height values, which is not properly handled by the read_png function.

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
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2007:1078
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1078.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-3818
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00630.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1966
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1966
External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=387431
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=387431
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/support/ws6/doc/releasenotes_ws6.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/support/player2/doc/releasenotes_player2.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0014.html
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-550-2
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-550-2
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-550-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-550-1
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1019027
Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019027
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues.
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/495869/100/0/threaded
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080115 rPSA-2008-0015-1 cairo
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/486405/100/0/threaded
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2008:019
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:019
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200712-24
Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-24.xml
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-2466
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2466
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2007-4045
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/4045
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0015
Hyperlink:http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0015
External Source: SLACKWARE
Name: SSA:2007-337-01
Hyperlink:http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.362119
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200712-04
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-04.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31711
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31711
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31707
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31707
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28555
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28555
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28529
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28529
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28476
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28476
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28289
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28289
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27985
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27985
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27887
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27887
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27819
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27819
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27775
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27775
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20080830 VMSA-2008-0014 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Server, VMware ESX address information disclosure, privilege escalation and other security issues.
Hyperlink:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-August/064118.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=cairo;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6020f67f1a49cfe3844c4938d4af24c63c8424cc;hp=c79fc9af334fd6f2d1078071d64178125561b187
Hyperlink:http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=cairo;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6020f67f1a49cfe3844c4938d4af24c63c8424cc;hp=c79fc9af334fd6f2d1078071d64178125561b187
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=cairo;a=commitdiff;h=e49bcde27f88e21d5b8037a0089a226096f6514b
Hyperlink:http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=cairo;a=commitdiff;h=e49bcde27f88e21d5b8037a0089a226096f6514b
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=cairo;a=commitdiff;h=5c7d2d14d78e4dfb1ef6d2c40f0910f177e07360
Hyperlink:http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=cairo;a=commitdiff;h=5c7d2d14d78e4dfb1ef6d2c40f0910f177e07360
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201860
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=201860
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200350
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200350
External Source: XF
Name: cario-readpng-bo(38771)
Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/38771
External Source: BID
Name: 26650
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26650
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1542
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1542
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29767
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29767
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 28838
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27880
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27880
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2008:003
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5503