SB2016042404 - Multiple vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Linux device drivers for System x, Flex and BladeCenter Systems 



SB2016042404 - Multiple vulnerabilities in NVIDIA Linux device drivers for System x, Flex and BladeCenter Systems

Published: April 24, 2016 Updated: October 27, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2016042404
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8472)

The vulnerability allows remote attackers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.


2) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7981)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive data output by the application. A remote attacker can obtain sensitive process memory information via crafted tIME chunk data in an image file, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.


3) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8126)

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

Multiple buffer overflows in the (1) png_set_PLTE and (2) png_get_PLTE functions in libpng before 1.0.64, 1.1.x and 1.2.x before 1.2.54, 1.3.x and 1.4.x before 1.4.17, 1.5.x before 1.5.24, and 1.6.x before 1.6.19 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a small bit-depth value in an IHDR (aka image header) chunk in a PNG image.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.