PT-2011-1306 · Gif2Apng · Gif2Apng

Vincent Danen · Published 2011-01-14 · Updated 2017-08-17 · CVE-2009-5018

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions gif2png versions 2.5.3 and earlier

Description A stack-based buffer overflow issue exists in the gif2png.c file of gif2png, potentially allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code through a long command-line argument. This could be exploited in context-dependent scenarios, such as a CGI program that launches gif2png.

Recommendations For gif2png versions 2.5.3 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.5.3 to resolve the issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-5018

Affected Products

Gif2Apng

References · 20

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=547515 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/34356 · Exploit
• http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/gif2png/devel/gif2png-overflow.patch?root=extras&view=log · Patch
• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2009-December/072009.html · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3036 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:009 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/22/1 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-5018 · Security Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=550978 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42796 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/11/21/1 · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0023 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-01.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64820 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=346501 · Note