GIMP 1.18beta2 resource management

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A vulnerability was found in GIMP 1.18beta2 (Image Processing Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory leak in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) before 1.18beta2, as used in Firefox 3.1beta, OpenJDK, and GIMP, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted image file.

The bug was discovered 03/19/2009. The weakness was published 03/23/2009 by Chris Evans with Google Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-0581 since 02/13/2009. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67819 (Oracle Linux 5 : lcms (ELSA-2009-0339)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155950 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for lcms (ELSA-2009-0339)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49328) and Tenable (67819). Similar entries are available at 47242 and 47241.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67819
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 5 : lcms (ELSA-2009-0339)
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OpenVAS ID: 63677
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1745-1 (lcms)
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Advisory: vupen.com
Researcher: Chris Evans
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-0581 (🔍)
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X-Force: 49328
SecurityTracker: 1021870
Vulnerability Center: 21368 - Little CMS < 1.18beta2 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 34185 - Little CMS Memory Leak and Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34367 - Little cms Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 56307 - CVE-2009-0581 - Little CMS - Denial-of-Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2009-0775

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 08/31/2019 09:47
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (83), 08/31/2019 09:47 (5)
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