SB2018062815 - Denial of service in Gimp

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SB2018062815 - Denial of service in Gimp

Published: June 28, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018062815
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12713)

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The vulnerability exists in the gimp_write_and_read_file function, as defined in the app/tests/test-xcf.c source code file due to the g_get_tmp_dir() function does not make unique temporary filenames. A local attacker can create a file with a filename that already exists, overwrite the existing file and cause the service to crash.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References