CVE-2009-0793

cmsxform.c in LittleCMS (aka lcms or liblcms) 1.18, as used in OpenJDK and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted image that triggers execution of incorrect code for "transformations of monochrome profiles."

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
lcms	10.10 maverick	Fixed 1.18.dfsg-1ubuntu2.10.10.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1.18.dfsg-1ubuntu2.10.04.1
	9.10 karmic	Fixed 1.18.dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
	9.04 jaunty	Ignored end of life
	8.10 intrepid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 1.16-7ubuntu1.3
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	6.06 LTS dapper	Ignored end of life
openjdk-6	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Not affected
	9.04 jaunty	Ignored end of life
	8.10 intrepid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 6b18-1.8.2-4ubuntu1~8.04.1
	7.10 gutsy	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

as per upstream post to lcms-user: No code injection can be done using this bug. Using monochrome profiles is rare, and using them in the output direction is a corner case. This bug is only exploitable if the application uses monochrome output, and then the crafted profile should be in the output direction. Does not affect input profiles, so an attacker could NOT use this flaw by creating a specially-crafted image.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
lcms	Vendor: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=337279

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1043-1
Little CMS vulnerability
12 January 2011

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