Buffer overflow in Novell Opensuse

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU43076

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-2013-0896

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

Google Chrome before 25.0.1364.97 on Windows and Linux, and before 25.0.1364.99 on Mac OS X, does not properly manage memory during message handling for plug-ins, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified 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=166708
http://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16656

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.