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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-5137

Original release date:09/28/2007
Last revised:03/20/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in generic/tkImgGIF.c in Tcl (Tcl/Tk) 8.4.13 through 8.4.15 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via multi-frame interlaced GIF files in which later frames are smaller than the first. NOTE: this issue is due to an incorrect patch for CVE-2007-5378.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:6.8 (MEDIUM) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 6.4
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:Provides unauthorized access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (10/09/2007)
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-2007-5137 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: CONFIRM
Name: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=541207
Type: Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=541207
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 26942
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26942
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2007-2564
Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00261.html
External Source: UBUNTU
Name: USN-529-1
Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-529-1
External Source: BID
Name: 25826
Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25826
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2008:0136
Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0136.html
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2007:020
Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_20_sr.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDKSA-2007:200
Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:200
External Source: DEBIAN
Name: DSA-1743
Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1743
External Source: VIM
Name: 20071012 clarification on multiple Tk overflow issues
Hyperlink:http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-October/001826.html
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200710-07
Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-07.xml
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34297
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34297
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 29069
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29069
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27295
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27295
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27229
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27229
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27207
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27207
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27182
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27182
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 27086
Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27086
External Source: MISC
Name: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192539
Hyperlink:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=192539

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.13
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.14
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:tcl_tk:tcl_tk:8.4.15
* Denotes Vulnerable Software
* Changes related to vulnerability configurations

Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5137