Little CMS color engine cmsAllocGamma function buffer overflow
| lcms-cmsallocgamma-bo (47120) |  High Risk |
Description:
Little CMS color engine is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by an an integer signedness error in the cmsAllocGamma function. By sending a specially-crafted file containing an invalid value, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 7.5 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 5.5 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Little CMS (1.16 or later), available from the Little CMS Web site. See References.
References:
- Little CMS Web site: Little CMS.
- oss-security Mailing List, Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:12:40 +0100 : CVE request: lcms (old issues) .
- BID-32708: Little CMS Buffer Overflow and Integer Signedness Vulnerabilities
- CVE-2008-5317: Integer signedness error in the cmsAllocGamma function in src/cmsgamma.c in Little cms color engine (aka lcms) before 1.17 allows attackers to have an unknown impact via a file containing a certain number of entries value, which is interpreted improperly, leading to an allocation of insufficient memory.
- DSA-1684: lcms -- multiple vulnerabilities
- MDKSA-2007:238: Updated liblcms package fixes buffer overflow
- RHSA-2009-0011: Moderate: lcms security update
- USN-693-1: LittleCMS vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Canonical Ubuntu 7.10
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.04 LTS
- Canonical Ubuntu 8.10
- Debian Debian Linux 4.0
- Littlecms Little CMS 1.07
- Littlecms Little CMS 1.08
- Littlecms Little CMS 1.09
- Littlecms Little CMS 1.10
- Littlecms Little CMS 1.11
- Littlecms Little CMS 1.12
- Littlecms Little CMS 1.13
- Littlecms Little CMS 1.14
- Littlecms Little CMS 1.15
- Littlecms Little CMS Color Engine 1.07
- Littlecms Little CMS Color Engine 1.08
- Littlecms Little CMS Color Engine 1.09
- Littlecms Little CMS Color Engine 1.10
- Littlecms Little CMS Color Engine 1.11
- Littlecms Little CMS Color Engine 1.12
- Littlecms Little CMS Color Engine 1.13
- Littlecms Little CMS Color Engine 1.14
- Littlecms Little CMS Color Engine 1.15
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 X86_64
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0
- MandrakeSoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 X86_64
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client Workstation
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 Client
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.2.z EUS
Reported:
Nov 28, 2008
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