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CVE-2007-6278 Detail

Description

Free Lossless Audio Codec (FLAC) libFLAC before 1.2.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to force a client to download arbitrary files via the MIME-Type URL flag (-->) for the FLAC image file in a crafted .FLAC file.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (12/11/2007)

Red Hat does not consider this a security issue. The downloading of arbitrary files will be harmless unless there is a vulnerability in the application handling these other filetypes.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20071115.html
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3423
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3423
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656 Patch  US Government Resource 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544656 Patch  US Government Resource 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483765/100/200/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018974 Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018974 Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-6278
NVD Published Date:
12/07/2007
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE