Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:34411

Info

Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 34411
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2009-0793
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 07 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 10:08PM
Credit: Red Hat
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS lpia
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd64
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Pardus Linux 2008 0
OpenJDK OpenJDK 1.6
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64
Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0
Little CMS Little CMS 1.18
Little CMS Little CMS 1.17
Little CMS Little CMS 1.16
Little CMS Little CMS 1.15
Little CMS Little CMS 1.14
Little CMS Little CMS 1.13
Little CMS Little CMS 1.12
Little CMS Little CMS 1.11
Little CMS Little CMS 1.10
Little CMS Little CMS 1.09
Little CMS Little CMS 1.08
Little CMS Little CMS 1.07
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux 5.0 sparc
Debian Linux 5.0 s/390
Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc
Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel
Debian Linux 5.0 mips
Debian Linux 5.0 m68k
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64
Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32
Debian Linux 5.0 hppa
Debian Linux 5.0 armel
Debian Linux 5.0 arm
Debian Linux 5.0 amd64
Debian Linux 5.0 alpha
Debian Linux 5.0
Not Vulnerable: Little CMS Little CMS 1.18beta2

Discussion

Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Little CMS is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue by tricking a victim into opening a specially crafted image file.

Successful attacks will cause the application using the affected engine to crash.

NOTE: Other applications that use Little CMS (such as Mozilla Firefox, OpenJDK, and GIMP) are likely vulnerable to this issue as well.

Exploit / POC

Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Attackers can use readily available tools to create malicious files designed to leverage this issue.

Solution / Fix

Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.


Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 sparc

Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 powerpc

Debian Linux 5.0 alpha

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0 x86_64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS amd64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.0

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 lpia

Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64

Debian Linux 5.0 armel

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 ARM

Debian Linux 5.0

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0 x86_64

Debian Linux 5.0 mips

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1

Debian Linux 5.0 sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1 x86_64

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2008.1

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.1 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5 x86_64

Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM

MandrakeSoft Enterprise Server 5

Debian Linux 5.0 s/390

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS lpia

Debian Linux 5.0 hppa

Debian Linux 5.0 m68k

Mandriva Linux Mandrake 2009.0

Debian Linux 5.0 arm

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powerpc

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS i386

Debian Linux 5.0 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc

Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64

MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 4.0 x86_64

References

Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

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