Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-2175 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Henning Makholm Xcftools 1.0.4
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2010-17041.NASL description This update fixes potential stack-based buffer overflows that can allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 50520 published 2010-11-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50520 title Fedora 12 : gnome-xcf-thumbnailer-1.0-4.fc12 (2010-17041) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2010-17041. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(50520); script_version("1.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:32"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2175"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2010-17041"); script_name(english:"Fedora 12 : gnome-xcf-thumbnailer-1.0-4.fc12 (2010-17041)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update fixes potential stack-based buffer overflows that can allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location 'above or to the left of the canvas.' Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=647907" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050526.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?411e8b14" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected gnome-xcf-thumbnailer package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_cwe_id(119); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnome-xcf-thumbnailer"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/10/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/11/09"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^12([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 12.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC12", reference:"gnome-xcf-thumbnailer-1.0-4.fc12")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "gnome-xcf-thumbnailer"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2010-17035.NASL description This update fixes potential stack-based buffer overflows that can allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 50519 published 2010-11-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50519 title Fedora 14 : gnome-xcf-thumbnailer-1.0-4.fc14 (2010-17035) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2010-17035. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(50519); script_version("1.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:32"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2175"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2010-17035"); script_name(english:"Fedora 14 : gnome-xcf-thumbnailer-1.0-4.fc14 (2010-17035)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update fixes potential stack-based buffer overflows that can allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location 'above or to the left of the canvas.' Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=647907" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050542.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e4aac006" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected gnome-xcf-thumbnailer package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_cwe_id(119); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnome-xcf-thumbnailer"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/10/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/11/09"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^14([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 14.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC14", reference:"gnome-xcf-thumbnailer-1.0-4.fc14")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "gnome-xcf-thumbnailer"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2010-17004.NASL description This update fixes potential stack-based buffer overflows that can allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 50518 published 2010-11-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/50518 title Fedora 13 : gnome-xcf-thumbnailer-1.0-4.fc13 (2010-17004) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2010-17004. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(50518); script_version("1.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:32"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2175"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2010-17004"); script_name(english:"Fedora 13 : gnome-xcf-thumbnailer-1.0-4.fc13 (2010-17004)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update fixes potential stack-based buffer overflows that can allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location 'above or to the left of the canvas.' Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=647907" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050562.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8352860f" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected gnome-xcf-thumbnailer package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_cwe_id(119); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:gnome-xcf-thumbnailer"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/10/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/11/09"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("rpm.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^13([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 13.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC13", reference:"gnome-xcf-thumbnailer-1.0-4.fc13")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "gnome-xcf-thumbnailer"); }
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533361
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050526.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050542.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050562.html
- http://osvdb.org/55187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35397
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43883
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1638