Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-6673 - Use After Free vulnerability in Libpgf 6.11.42/6.12.24/6.14.12
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in Decoder.cpp in libpgf before 6.15.32.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 3 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-2035.NASL description An issue has been found in libpgf, a library to handle Progressive Graphics File (PGF). Due to lack of validation of ColorTableSize, a use-after-free issue might appear in Decoder.cpp For Debian 8 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 132060 published 2019-12-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132060 title Debian DLA-2035-1 : libpgf security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-2035-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(132060); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/18"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6673"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-2035-1 : libpgf 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: "An issue has been found in libpgf, a library to handle Progressive Graphics File (PGF). Due to lack of validation of ColorTableSize, a use-after-free issue might appear in Decoder.cpp For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 6.14.12-3+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libpgf packages. 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/2019/12/msg00017.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libpgf" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected libpgf-dev, libpgf6, and libpgf6-dbg 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:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpgf-dev"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpgf6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpgf6-dbg"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/09/20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/12/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/12/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 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:"8.0", prefix:"libpgf-dev", reference:"6.14.12-3+deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libpgf6", reference:"6.14.12-3+deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libpgf6-dbg", reference:"6.14.12-3+deb8u1")) 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 FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_9A71953A474A11E5ADDE14DAE9D210B8.NASL description Pengsu Cheng reports : An use-after-free issue in Decoder.cpp was reported to upstream. The problem is due to lack of validation of ColorTableSize. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 85573 published 2015-08-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/85573 title FreeBSD : libpgf -- use-after-free (9a71953a-474a-11e5-adde-14dae9d210b8) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(85573); script_version("2.7"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/21 10:46:31"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6673"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : libpgf -- use-after-free (9a71953a-474a-11e5-adde-14dae9d210b8)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Pengsu Cheng reports : An use-after-free issue in Decoder.cpp was reported to upstream. The problem is due to lack of validation of ColorTableSize." ); # http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/404 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q3/404" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://sourceforge.net/p/libpgf/code/147/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://sourceforge.net/p/libpgf/code/148/" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/9a71953a-474a-11e5-adde-14dae9d210b8.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ed44fc6d" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); 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_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libpgf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/08/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/08/20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/08/21"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"libpgf<=6.14.12")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libpgf/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/libpgf/INSTALL
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libpgf/code/148/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libpgf/code/147/
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-6673/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1251749
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/08/25/9
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00017.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4554-1/