CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-6629

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Published: Nov 19, 2013 | Modified: Jun 21, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

The get_sos function in jdmarker.c in (1) libjpeg 6b and (2) libjpeg-turbo through 1.3.0, as used in Google Chrome before 31.0.1650.48, Ghostscript, and other products, does not check for certain duplications of component data during the reading of segments that follow Start Of Scan (SOS) JPEG markers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from uninitialized memory locations via a crafted JPEG image.

Weakness

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Chrome Google * 31.0.1650.48 (excluding)
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.55-1jpp.2.el5_10 *
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.75-1jpp.3.el5_10 *
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.55-1jpp.1.el6_5 *
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.75-1jpp.1.el6_5 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat libjpeg-0:6b-38 *
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat libjpeg-turbo-0:1.2.1-3.el6_5 *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4 RedHat java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el6 *
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.5 RedHat java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el6 *
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 RedHat java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el6 *
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.55-1jpp.2.el5_10 *
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el5_10 *
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el5_10 *
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 RedHat java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.6-1jpp.1.el5_10 *
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.55-1jpp.1.el6_5 *
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.7.0-1jpp.1.el6_5 *
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.16.0-1jpp.1.el6_5 *
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 RedHat java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.6-1jpp.1.el6_5 *
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 RedHat java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.1.0-1jpp.2.el7_0 *
Firefox Ubuntu lucid *
Firefox Ubuntu precise *
Firefox Ubuntu quantal *
Firefox Ubuntu raring *
Firefox Ubuntu saucy *
Firefox Ubuntu upstream *
Libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu devel *
Libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu precise *
Libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu quantal *
Libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu raring *
Libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu saucy *
Libjpeg-turbo Ubuntu upstream *
Libjpeg6b Ubuntu lucid *
Libjpeg6b Ubuntu precise *
Libjpeg6b Ubuntu quantal *
Libjpeg6b Ubuntu raring *
Libjpeg6b Ubuntu saucy *
Libjpeg6b Ubuntu upstream *
Openjdk-7 Ubuntu devel *
Openjdk-7 Ubuntu precise *
Openjdk-7 Ubuntu quantal *
Openjdk-7 Ubuntu saucy *
Openjdk-7 Ubuntu trusty *
Openjdk-7 Ubuntu upstream *
Thunderbird Ubuntu devel *
Thunderbird Ubuntu lucid *
Thunderbird Ubuntu precise *
Thunderbird Ubuntu quantal *
Thunderbird Ubuntu raring *
Thunderbird Ubuntu saucy *
Thunderbird Ubuntu upstream *

Extended Description

There are many different kinds of mistakes that introduce information exposures. The severity of the error can range widely, depending on the context in which the product operates, the type of sensitive information that is revealed, and the benefits it may provide to an attacker. Some kinds of sensitive information include:

Information might be sensitive to different parties, each of which may have their own expectations for whether the information should be protected. These parties include:

Information exposures can occur in different ways:

It is common practice to describe any loss of confidentiality as an “information exposure,” but this can lead to overuse of CWE-200 in CWE mapping. From the CWE perspective, loss of confidentiality is a technical impact that can arise from dozens of different weaknesses, such as insecure file permissions or out-of-bounds read. CWE-200 and its lower-level descendants are intended to cover the mistakes that occur in behaviors that explicitly manage, store, transfer, or cleanse sensitive information.

Potential Mitigations

  • Compartmentalize the system to have “safe” areas where trust boundaries can be unambiguously drawn. Do not allow sensitive data to go outside of the trust boundary and always be careful when interfacing with a compartment outside of the safe area.
  • Ensure that appropriate compartmentalization is built into the system design, and the compartmentalization allows for and reinforces privilege separation functionality. Architects and designers should rely on the principle of least privilege to decide the appropriate time to use privileges and the time to drop privileges.

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