Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63909
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:0457
Summary:	The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory RHSA-2009:0457.;;libwmf is a library for reading and converting Windows Metafile Format;(WMF) vector graphics. libwmf is used by applications such as GIMP and;ImageMagick.;;A pointer use-after-free flaw was found in the GD graphics library embedded;in libwmf. An attacker could create a specially-crafted WMF file that would;cause an application using libwmf to crash or, potentially, execute;arbitrary code as the user running the application when opened by a victim.;(CVE-2009-1364);;Note: This flaw is specific to the GD graphics library embedded in libwmf.;It does not affect the GD graphics library from the gd packages, or;applications using it.;;Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team for;responsibly reporting this flaw.;;All users of libwmf are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which;contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the;update, all applications using libwmf must be restarted for the update;to take effect.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:0457. libwmf is a library for reading and converting Windows Metafile Format (WMF) vector graphics. libwmf is used by applications such as GIMP and ImageMagick. A pointer use-after-free flaw was found in the GD graphics library embedded in libwmf. An attacker could create a specially-crafted WMF file that would cause an application using libwmf to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code as the user running the application when opened by a victim. (CVE-2009-1364) Note: This flaw is specific to the GD graphics library embedded in libwmf. It does not affect the GD graphics library from the gd packages, or applications using it. Red Hat would like to thank Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team for responsibly reporting this flaw. All users of libwmf are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. After installing the update, all applications using libwmf must be restarted for the update to take effect. Solution: Please note that this update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-1364 BugTraq ID: 34792 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34792 Debian Security Information: DSA-1796 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1796 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01269.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01263.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-May/msg01266.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-01.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:106 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10959 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2009:0457 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0457.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022154 http://secunia.com/advisories/34901 http://secunia.com/advisories/34964 http://secunia.com/advisories/35001 http://secunia.com/advisories/35025 http://secunia.com/advisories/35190 http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 http://secunia.com/advisories/35686 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2009:011 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1132 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00051.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:1134 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00053.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-769-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1228 XForce ISS Database: libwmf-gdlibrary-code-execution(50290) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50290
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