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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Enlightenment imlib2 1.4.2. This issue affects the function load
. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
The load function in the XPM loader for imlib2 1.4.2, and possibly other versions, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted XPM file that triggers a "pointer arithmetic error" and a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2426.
The bug was discovered 11/14/2008. The weakness was disclosed 11/20/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5187 since 11/20/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.
It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 6 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36374 (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : imlib2 vulnerability (USN-683-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165646 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update (SUSE-SR:2009:002)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46739) and Tenable (36374). The entries 36551, 39487, 45741 and 45645 are pretty similar.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 36374
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 : imlib2 vulnerability (USN-683-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 61935
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1672-1 (imlib2)
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Advisory: redhat.comStatus: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5187 (🔍)
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X-Force: 46739
Vulnerability Center: 20074 - Enlightenment Imlib2 Remote DoS and Code Execution via a Crafted XPM File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 32371 - 'imlib2' Library 'load()' Function Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 32796 - imlib2 XPM Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 49970 - imlib2 XPM Loader load() Function Crafted XPM File Handling Overflow
Vupen: ADV-2008-3212
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Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 16:11Updated: 08/21/2019 09:51
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (85), 08/21/2019 09:51 (3)
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