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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2005-3186

Original release date:11/18/2005

Last revised:03/08/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Integer overflow in the GTK+ gdk-pixbuf XPM image rendering library in GTK+ 2.4.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via an XPM file with a number of colors that causes insufficient memory to be allocated, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:7.5 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.4

Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable

Access Complexity: Low

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2005:810

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-810.html

External Source: IDEFENSE

Name: 20051115 Multiple Vendor GTK+ gdk-pixbuf XPM Loader Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=339&type=vulnerabilities

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2005-2433

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2433

External Source: OVAL