Input validation error in Fedoraproject Fedora



| Updated: 2020-08-08
Risk Medium
Patch available NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2016-4797
CWE-ID CWE-20
Exploitation vector Local
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU39743

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-4797

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

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) via a crafted jp2 file.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 23 - 24

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/13/2
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335483
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/commit/8f9cc62b3f9a1da9712329ddcedb9750d585505c
https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/733
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5FFMOZOF2EI6N2CR23EQ5EATWLQKBMHW/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BJM23YERMEC6LCTWBUH7LZURGSLZDFDH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DFRD35RIPRCGZA5DKAKHZ62LMP2A5UT7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HPMDEUIMHTLKMHELDL4F4HZ7X4Y34JEB/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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



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