FKIE_CVE-2009-4228

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-12-08 18:30 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
Stack consumption vulnerability in u_bound.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format, possibly related to the readfp_fig function in f_read.c.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
xfig xfig *
xfig xfig 3.2.4
xfig xfig 3.2.5
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  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "392E5AF2-0D46-456D-BFC7-3DF8FD3E66DB",
              "versionEndIncluding": "3.2.5b",
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            },
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "557FBEE3-0576-47B8-AB64-BEB59E78C39D",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
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            }
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "Stack consumption vulnerability in u_bound.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format, possibly related to the readfp_fig function in f_read.c."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de consumo de pila en u_bound.c en Xfig v3.2.5b y anteriores permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (ca\u00edda aplicaci\u00f3n) a trav\u00e9s de un string largo en un archivo .fig malformado que usa el formato 1.3, probablemente relacionado con la funci\u00f3n readfp_fig en f_read.c."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2009-4228",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
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          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 4.3,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
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  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vendorComments": [
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      "comment": "Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-4228\n\nThe Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.  More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/",
      "lastModified": "2009-12-15T00:00:00",
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    }
  ]
}


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