pixman up to 0.32.7 general_composite_rect integer overflow

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in pixman up to 0.32.7. The impacted element is the function general_composite_rect. Such manipulation leads to integer overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2015-5297. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in pixman up to 0.32.7. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function general_composite_rect. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An integer overflow issue has been reported in the general_composite_rect() function in pixman prior to version 0.32.8. An attacker could exploit this issue to cause an application using pixman to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.

The weakness was presented 07/31/2019 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-5297 since 07/01/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119104 (Debian DLA-1587-1 : pixman security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176829 (Debian Security Update for pixman (DLA 1587-1)).

Upgrading to version 0.32.8 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 vulnerability database at Tenable (119104). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• pixman

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• 0.32.0
• 0.32.1
• 0.32.2
• 0.32.3
• 0.32.4
• 0.32.5
• 0.32.6
• 0.32.7

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