National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-4809
Original release date:11/07/2006
Last revised:09/05/2008
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Stack-based buffer overflow in loader_pnm.c in imlib2 before 1.2.1, and possibly other versions, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNM image.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
- Official Statement from Red Hat (11/22/2006)
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Not vulnerable. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4 do not include imlib2.
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External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-376-2
Type: Patch Information
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-376-1
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22752
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22744
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:198
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: BID
Name: 20903
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-4349
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.discontinuity.info/~rowan/pocs/libimlib2_pocs-1.2.0-2.2.tar.gz
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22732
Type: Advisory
External Source: XF
Name: imlib2-loaderpnmc-bo(30070)
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 30104
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2006:026
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:156
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2006:198
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200612-20
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 23441
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 22932