CVE-2012-2763

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-05-30
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
824541: CVE-2012-2763 gimp: Heap-based buffer overflow in the script-fu console by sending overly long arguments to script-fu server

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the readstr_upto function in plug-ins/script-fu/tinyscheme/scheme.c in GIMP 2.6.12 and earlier, and possibly 2.6.13, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a command to the script-fu server.

Find out more about CVE-2012-2763 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 gimp Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 gimp Not affected

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Joseph Sheridan of Reaction Information Security for reporting this issue.

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