Buffer overflow in Novell Opensuse

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU43070

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0888

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.

Skia, as used in Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via vectors related to a "user gesture check for dangerous file downloads."

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Opensuse: 12.1 - 12.2

External links

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2013/02/stable-channel-update_21.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-03/msg00045.html
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=170666
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16303

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.