SB2015092901 - Denial of service in FreeImage
Published: September 29, 2015 Updated: August 29, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015092901
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Integer underflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0852)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer underflow in PluginPCX.cpp. A remote attacker can trigger an integer underflow and crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172491.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/172583.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/168023.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/167766.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3392
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/28/1
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034077
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=797165
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-68
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html