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[Full-disclosure] Secunia Research: OpenSG Radiance RGBE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
From: Secunia Research <remove-vuln_at_nospam>Date: Tue Jan 20 2009 - 15:42:18 GMT
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Secunia Research 20/01/2009 - OpenSG Radiance RGBE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability -
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Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
- OpenSG 1.8.0
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
2) Severity
Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: Remote
3) Vendor's Description of Software
"OpenSG is a portable scenegraph system to create realtime graphics programs, e.g. for virtual reality applications".
Product Link:
http://opensg.vrsource.org/trac
4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in OpenSG, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application using the library.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the "HDRImageFileType::checkHDR()" function in Source/System/Image/ OSGHDRImageFileType.cpp, which can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Radiance RGBE (*.hdr) file.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
5) Solution
Fixed in the CVS repository.
6) Time Table 09/01/2009 - Vendor notified. 13/01/2009 - Vendor response. 16/01/2009 - Vendor notified about incomplete fix. 18/01/2009 - Vendor response. 20/01/2009 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.
8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has not yet assigned a CVE for the vulnerability.
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- Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-60/
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