SQL injection in colord - CVE-2011-4349
Published: December 10, 2011 / Updated: October 4, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44466
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4349
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Freedesktop.org
Affected software:
colord
colord
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-4349
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://gitorious.org/colord/master/commit/1fadd90afcb4bbc47513466ee9bb1e4a8632ac3b
- http://gitorious.org/colord/master/commit/36549e0ed255e7dfa7852d08a75dd5f00cbd270e
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070450.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-December/070518.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46940
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47160
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1289-1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/25/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/25/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50814
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42904
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=757171