Emacs 21 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain crafted images, as demonstrated via a GIF image in vm mode, related to image size calculation.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian_linux | Debian | 4.0 (including) | 4.0 (including) |
| Mandrake_linux | Mandrakesoft | 2007 (including) | 2007 (including) |
| Mandrake_linux | Mandrakesoft | 2007.1 (including) | 2007.1 (including) |
| Mandrake_linux_corporate_server | Mandrakesoft | 3.0 (including) | 3.0 (including) |
| Mandrake_linux_corporate_server | Mandrakesoft | 4.0 (including) | 4.0 (including) |
| Emacs21 | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Emacs21 | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Emacs21 | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Emacs21 | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=408929
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1316
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:133
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24570
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018277
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-504-1
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1490
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=408929
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26987
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1316
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:133
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_19_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24570
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018277
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-504-1
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1490