Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-8789 - Unspecified vulnerability in Matroska Libebml
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Use-after-free vulnerability in the EbmlMaster::Read function in libEBML before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via a "deeply nested element with infinite size" followed by another element of an upper level in an EBML document.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 9 |
Nessus
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_A130BD8CEAFE11E69AC1A4BADB2F4699.NASL description Mortiz Bunkus reports : Multiple invalid memory accesses vulnerabilities. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96993 published 2017-02-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96993 title FreeBSD : libebml -- multiple vulnerabilities (a130bd8c-eafe-11e6-9ac1-a4badb2f4699) 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(96993); script_version("3.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:46"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8789", "CVE-2015-8790", "CVE-2015-8791"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : libebml -- multiple vulnerabilities (a130bd8c-eafe-11e6-9ac1-a4badb2f4699)"); 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: "Mortiz Bunkus reports : Multiple invalid memory accesses vulnerabilities." ); # https://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?77c30cba" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216659" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/a130bd8c-eafe-11e6-9ac1-a4badb2f4699.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6f62e357" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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:libebml"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/10/20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/02/04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/02/06"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 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:"libebml<1.3.3")) 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");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3538.NASL description Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libebml, a library for manipulating Extensible Binary Meta Language files. - CVE-2015-8789 Context-dependent attackers could trigger a use-after-free vulnerability by providing a maliciously crafted EBML document. - CVE-2015-8790 Context-dependent attackers could obtain sensitive information from the process last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90281 published 2016-04-01 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/90281 title Debian DSA-3538-1 : libebml - security update
References
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/88409e2a94dd3b40ff81d08bf6d92f486d036b24
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.html
- http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3538
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0037/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94924