Cairo read_png function buffer overflow
| cairo-readpng-bo (38771) |  High Risk |
Description:
Cairo is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by an integer overflow in the read_png function. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted PNG file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the affected application to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Canonical, Ubuntu 6.10
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.04
- Canonical, Ubuntu 7.10
- Cario, Cario prior to 1.4.12
- Debian, Debian Linux 4.0
- Gentoo, Linux
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2007.1 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux 2008.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft, Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat, Enterprise Linux 5 Client
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Cairo (1.4.12 or later), available from the Cairo Web site. See References.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Cairo Web site, cairo 1.4.12 release available at http://cairographics.org/news/cairo-1.4.12/.
- Red Hat Bugzilla Bug 387431, CVE-2007-5503 cairo integer overflow at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=387431.
- BID-26650: Cairo PNG Image Processing Remote Integer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-5503: 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.
- DSA-1542: libcairo -- integer overflow
- FrSIRT/ADV-2007-4045: Cairo read_png() PNG Image Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
- GLSA-200712-04: Cairo: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
- GLSA-200712-24: AMD64 x86 emulation GTK+ library: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
- MDVSA-2008:019: Updated cairo packages fix vulnerability
- RHSA-2007-1078: Important: cairo security update
- SA27880: Cairo PNG Image Processing Integer Overflow
- SECTRACK ID: 1019027: Cairo Integer Overflow in Processing PNG Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- SUSE-SR:2008:003: SUSE Security Summary Report
- USN-550-1: Cairo vulnerability
- USN-550-2: Cairo regression
- USN-550-3: Cairo regression
Reported:
Nov 29, 2007
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