SB2017121221 - Denial of service in libraw
Published: December 12, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017121221
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16909)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to incorrect handling of photo files. A local attacker can send specially crafted files, trigger heap-buffer overflow in the LibRaw::panasonic_load_raw() function and cause the service to crash.
2) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16910)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.The weakness exists due to incorrect handling of photo files. A local attacker can send specially crafted files, trigger invalid read memory access in the LibRaw::xtrans_interpolate() function and cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.