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Secunia Research 04/12/2009
- DevIL DICOM "GetUID()" 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
* DevIL 1.7.8
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately Critical
Impact: System Access
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Developer's Image Library (DevIL) is a cross-platform image library
utilizing a simple syntax to load, save, convert, manipulate, filter
and display a variety of images with ease.".
Product Link:
http://openil.sourceforge.net/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in DevIL, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise an application
using the library.
The vulnerability is caused by a boundary error within the "GetUID()"
function in src-IL/src/il_dicom.c. This can be exploited to cause a
stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a
specially crafted DICOM file in an application using the library.
The vulnerability is confirmed in version 1.7.8. Other versions may
also be affected.
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5) Solution
Do not open untrusted DICOM files.
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6) Time Table
27/11/2009 - Vendor and vendor-sec notified.
03/12/2009 - Vendor response.
04/12/2009 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2009-3994 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-51/
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