Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-9766 - Numeric Errors vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Integer overflow in the create_bits function in pixman-bits-image.c in Pixman before 0.32.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via large height and stride values.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2918-1.NASL description Vincent LE GARREC discovered an integer underflow in pixman. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause pixman to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 89659 published 2016-03-04 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/89659 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS : pixman vulnerability (USN-2918-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2918-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered # trademark of Canonical, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(89659); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/18 12:31:45"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9766"); script_xref(name:"USN", value:"2918-1"); script_name(english:"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS : pixman vulnerability (USN-2918-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Vincent LE GARREC discovered an integer underflow in pixman. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause pixman to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/2918-1/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected libpixman-1-0 package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpixman-1-0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/04/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/03/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/03/04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2016-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("ubuntu.inc"); include("misc_func.inc"); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release"); if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu"); release = chomp(release); if (! preg(pattern:"^(12\.04|14\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04", "Ubuntu " + release); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu); flag = 0; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"libpixman-1-0", pkgver:"0.30.2-1ubuntu0.0.0.0.3")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"libpixman-1-0", pkgver:"0.30.2-2ubuntu1.1")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : ubuntu_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libpixman-1-0"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3525.NASL description Vincent LE GARREC discovered an integer overflow in pixman, a pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw to cause an application using the pixman library to crash, or potentially, to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90101 published 2016-03-23 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90101 title Debian DSA-3525-1 : pixman - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3525. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(90101); script_version("2.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:37"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9766"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3525"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3525-1 : pixman - security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Vincent LE GARREC discovered an integer overflow in pixman, a pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw to cause an application using the pixman library to crash, or potentially, to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/pixman" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/pixman" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3525" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the pixman packages. For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.26.0-4+deb7u2. For the stable distribution (jessie), the testing distribution (stretch) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem was already fixed in version 0.32.6-1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:pixman"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/03/22"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/03/23"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-0", reference:"0.26.0-4+deb7u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-0-dbg", reference:"0.26.0-4+deb7u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-0-udeb", reference:"0.26.0-4+deb7u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-dev", reference:"0.26.0-4+deb7u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-0", reference:"0.32.6-1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-0-dbg", reference:"0.32.6-1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-0-udeb", reference:"0.32.6-1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-dev", reference:"0.32.6-1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-429.NASL description It was discovered that there was a buffer overflow in pixman, a pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo. For Debian 6 Squeeze, this issue has been fixed in pixman version 0.16.4-1+deb6u2. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2016-02-25 plugin id 88940 published 2016-02-25 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/88940 title Debian DLA-429-1 : pixman security update code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-429-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(88940); script_version("2.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9766"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-429-1 : pixman security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was discovered that there was a buffer overflow in pixman, a pixel-manipulation library for X and cairo. For Debian 6 Squeeze, this issue has been fixed in pixman version 0.16.4-1+deb6u2. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2016/02/msg00021.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/pixman" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpixman-1-0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpixman-1-0-dbg"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpixman-1-0-udeb"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpixman-1-dev"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/02/24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/02/25"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-0", reference:"0.16.4-1+deb6u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-0-dbg", reference:"0.16.4-1+deb6u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-0-udeb", reference:"0.16.4-1+deb6u2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libpixman-1-dev", reference:"0.16.4-1+deb6u2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
References
- https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pixman/2014-April/003244.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/13
- https://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-July/002452.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/15
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69014
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=972647
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/pixman/commit/?id=857e40f3d2bc2cfb714913e0cd7e6184cf69aca3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2918-1
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3525