National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-2975
Original release date:11/18/2005
Last revised:09/10/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
io-xpm.c in the gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ before 2.8.7 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XPM image with a large number of colors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
- Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2005:810
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-216-1
External Source: BID
Name: 15429
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FLSA:173274
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2005:811
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2005:065
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200511-14
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2005-2433
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-913
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-911
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-229.pdf
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1015216
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17791
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17770
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17710
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17657
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17615
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17594
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17592
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17591
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17588
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17562
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17538
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 17522
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2005:214
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2005:214