SB2016051321 - Division by zero in Debian Linux
Published: May 13, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016051321
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
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) Division by zero (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9763)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to divide-by-zero error within imlib2 before 1.4.7. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted PNM file.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00076.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3537
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90955
- https://git.enlightenment.org/legacy/imlib2.git/commit/?h=v1.4.7&id=c21beaf1780cf3ca291735ae7d58a3dde63277a2
- https://git.enlightenment.org/legacy/imlib2.git/tree/ChangeLog
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-12