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Posted on 27 October 2015
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Secunia Research (now part of Flexera Software) 09/10/2015
Google Picasa Phase One Tags Processing Integer Overflow Vulnerability
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Description of Vulnerability.........................................3
Solution.............................................................4
Time Table...........................................................5
Credits..............................................................6
References...........................................................7
About Secunia........................................................8
Verification.........................................................9
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1) Affected Software
* Google Picasa version 3.9.140 Build 239
* Google Picasa version 3.9.140 Build 248
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System Access
Where: From remote
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3) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Google Picasa,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow error when
processing data related to phase one 0x412 tag and can be exploited to
cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is confirmed in versions 3.9.140 Build 239 and
3.9.140 Build 248 running on Windows.
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4) Solution
The vendor has released a fix in version 3.9.140 Build 248, however,
the fix is ineffective. No official solution is currently available.
The vendor is currently planning to release a fix on 30th October,
2015.
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5) Time Table
04/08/2015 - Vendor notified of vulnerability.
04/08/2015 - Vendor acknowledges report.
10/08/2015 - Vendor requests PoC.
10/08/2015 - Provision of PoC.
19/08/2015 - Vendor acknowledges receipt.
08/09/2015 - Request of status update.
11/09/2015 - Vendor states fixed in code. ETA not yet available.
19/09/2015 - Vendor states update has been pushed.
25/09/2015 - Vendor notified of incomplete fix.
26/09/2015 - Vendor acknowledges receipt.
05/10/2015 - Request ETA of fix. Vendor notified that due to public
availability of improper fix release an advisory
release deadline on 09/10/2015 is established.
06/10/2015 - Vendor acknowledges and estimates 30/10/2015 release of
fix.
06/10/2015 - Vendor notified that advisory deadline will still
be applicable.
06/10/2015 - Vendor acknowledges and states to send notification once
properly fixed.
09/10/2015 - Public disclosure of advisory.
12/10/2015 - Public disclosure of research advisory.
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6) Credits
Discovered by Hossein Lotfi, Secunia Research (now part of
Flexera Software).
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7) References
Currently no CVE identifier is assigned.
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8) About Secunia (now part of Flexera Software)
In September 2015, Secunia has been acquired by Flexera Software:
https://secunia.com/blog/435/
Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate
customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence
relevant to their specific system configuration:
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Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory
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individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security.
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Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to
do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the
security and reliability of software in general:
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Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below
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9) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2015-03/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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