PT-2017-3253 · Gnome+1 · Libgxps+1

Owl337 · Published 2017-07-20 · Updated 2017-08-28 · CVE-2017-11590

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libgxps version 0.2.5

Description The issue is related to a NULL pointer dereference in the caseless hash function in gxps-archive.c. This can be exploited to cause a remote denial of service attack when a crafted input is provided. The vulnerability can be exploited by an attacker to cause a service disruption.

Recommendations For libgxps version 0.2.5, consider applying a patch or fix that addresses the NULL pointer dereference in the caseless hash function to prevent remote denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2061

BDU:2018-00009

CVE-2017-11590

DLA-1054-1

MGASA-2017-0318

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Libgxps

References · 16

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473167 · Exploit
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0318.html · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-11590 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-11590 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-00009 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2017-2061 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11590 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-11590 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/4UCPAG32F7QVCTWKIO5S7U5CKIZQEYJY · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11590 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0318 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11590 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11590 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-11590 · Vendor Advisory
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2017-11590 · Note