Buffer overflow in Novell Opensuse

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU43072

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0890

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the IPC layer in Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have other impact via unknown vectors.

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=169966
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=169973
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16208

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.