FreeBSD : imlib2 -- XPM processing buffer overflow vulnerability (910486d5-ba4d-11dd-8f23-0019666436c2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 34951

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Secunia reports :

A vulnerability has been discovered in imlib2, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise an application using the library.

The vulnerability is caused due to a pointer arithmetic error within the 'load()' function provided by the XPM loader. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted XPM file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34951

File Name: freebsd_pkg_910486d5ba4d11dd8f230019666436c2.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 11/25/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:imlib2, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:imlib2-nox11, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5187

BID: 32371

CWE: 119

Detections

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