RETIRED: Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

BID:34420

Info

RETIRED: Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 34420
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2009-0793
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 07 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 10:15PM
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
OpenJDK OpenJDK 1.6
Little CMS Little CMS 1.18
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

RETIRED: 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.

Little CMS 1.18 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

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

NOTE: This record is being retired because it is a duplicate of BID 34411 (Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Exploit / POC

RETIRED: 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

RETIRED: 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

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 ARM

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 powerpc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 ARM

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS amd64

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 9.10 lpia

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 sparc

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS lpia

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 i386

References

RETIRED: Little CMS Monochrome Profiles Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability

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