Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : cairo (MDVSA-2008:019)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36463

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Peter Valchev discovered that Cairo did not correctly decode PNG image data. By tricking a user or automated system into processing a specially crafted PNG with Cairo, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the file.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36463

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-019.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cairo2, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libcairo2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cairo2-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libcairo2-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cairo-static-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cairo-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libcairo-static-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libcairo2-devel, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libcairo-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64cairo2-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5503

BID: 26650

CWE: 189

MDVSA: 2008:019

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