National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5101
Original release date:11/17/2008
Last revised:03/19/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in the BMP reader in OptiPNG 0.6 and 0.6.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image, related to an "array overflow."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
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 unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=639631&group_id=151404
Type: Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://optipng.sourceforge.net/
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: optipng-bmpreader-bo(46519)
External Source: BID
Name: 32248
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-3108
Type: Advisory
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200812-01
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 34259
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 32651
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/optipng/optipng-0.6.1.1.diff?download
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20081112 CVE Request -- OptiPNG
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2009:006
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505399