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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3909

Original release date:11/19/2009
Last revised:05/15/2013
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Integer overflow in the read_channel_data function in plug-ins/file-psd/psd-load.c in GIMP 2.6.7 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PSD file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
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:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?id=9cc8d78ff33b7a36852b74e64b427489cad44d0e
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?id=9cc8d78ff33b7a36852b74e64b427489cad44d0e
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?id=0e440cb6d4d6ee029667363d244aff61b154c33c
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://git.gnome.org/cgit/gimp/commit/?id=0e440cb6d4d6ee029667363d244aff61b154c33c
External Source: MISC
Name: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600741
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=600741
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2010-1021
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1021
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-3270
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3270
External Source: BID
Name: 37040
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37040
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20091117 Secunia Research: Gimp PSD Image Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507928/100/0/threaded
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:332
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:332
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1941
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1941
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-201209-23
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-23.xml
External Source: MISC
Name: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-43/
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-43/
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 50737
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50737
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 37348
Type: Advisory
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37348
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2012:1181
Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1181.html
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 60178
Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/60178
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2010:009
Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3909