Bug 415591 (CVE-2007-6278)
| Summary: | CVE-2007-6278 FLAC doesn't enforce a MIME type for image referenced by URL | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | Lubomir Kundrak <lkundrak> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team> |
| Status: | CLOSED NOTABUG | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | low | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | bnocera, mlichvar |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| URL: | http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-6278 | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2007-12-07 13:32:37 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
Lubomir Kundrak
2007-12-07 13:21:04 UTC
" Vulnerability #11: Malformed Image/File Download Vulnerability Using the "-->" MIME-Type flag to signal a URL for a FLAC image file could allow the possibility of arbitrary file downloads if the application does not verify the file-type prior to downloading the file. This could also be combined with GDI+ or other picture rendering vulnerabilities to allow code execution depending on the application. This could also be applied to image files inserted into the FLAC file. Alternatively, this might be a vector to store malicious data, such as an attacker's payload. This could then be combined with another vulnerability to allow a more reliable exploit especially if the data retrieved by the vulnerable application is stored in a reliable memory address. " This is completely bogus. If we have a compromised FLAC, it could contain a link to a compromised server (ie. with a completely bogus mime-type). There would be no way to check the data beforehand. This problem lies solely with the applications and their respective image libraries. Red Hat does not consider this a security issue. Downloading and opening a file of unknown type from potentially untrusted location does not impose any security risks and it's normally done by other applications such as web browsers and e-mail clients. |