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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-3476

Original release date:06/28/2007
Last revised:09/11/2008
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Array index error in gd_gif_in.c in the GD Graphics Library (libgd) before 2.0.35 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and heap corruption) via large color index values in crafted image data, which results in a segmentation fault.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:4.3 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (09/05/2007)
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2007-3476 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.

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External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.libgd.org/ReleaseNote020035
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://www.libgd.org/ReleaseNote020035
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1613
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1613
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31168
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31168
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.libgd.org/?do=details&task_id=87
Hyperlink:http://bugs.libgd.org/?do=details&task_id=87
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1643
Hyperlink:https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1643
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=277421
Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=277421
External Source: TRUSTIX
Name: 2007-0024
Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/
External Source: BID
Name: 24651
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24651
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20070907 FLEA-2007-0052-1 gd
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/478796/100/0/threaded
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0146
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0146.html
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-692
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-September/msg00311.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:015
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:164
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:164
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:153
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:153
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200805-13
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200711-34
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200708-05
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-05.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30168
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30168
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29157
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29157
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26856
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26856
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26766
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26766
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26663
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26663
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26467
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26467
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26415
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26415
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26390
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26390
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26272
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26272
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 25860
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25860
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-2055
Hyperlink:http://fedoranews.org/updates/FEDORA-2007-205.shtml
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/gd-2.0.35-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
Hyperlink:ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/gd-2.0.35-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Vulnerable software and versions

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3476