Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-3981 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in the bmp_read_rows function in pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-2951-1.NASL description Gustavo Grieco discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7801) Gustavo Grieco discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7802) Hans Jerry Illikainen discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2191) Henri Salo discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3981) Henri Salo discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3982). 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 90589 published 2016-04-19 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/90589 title Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : optipng vulnerabilities (USN-2951-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2951-1. 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(90589); script_version("2.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/18 12:31:45"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7801", "CVE-2015-7802", "CVE-2016-2191", "CVE-2016-3981", "CVE-2016-3982"); script_xref(name:"USN", value:"2951-1"); script_name(english:"Ubuntu 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 15.10 : optipng vulnerabilities (USN-2951-1)"); 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: "Gustavo Grieco discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7801) Gustavo Grieco discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2015-7802) Hans Jerry Illikainen discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-2191) Henri Salo discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3981) Henri Salo discovered that OptiPNG incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue with a specially crafted image file to cause OptiPNG to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-3982). 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/2951-1/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected optipng package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); 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:R/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:optipng"); 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:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/04/13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/04/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/04/19"); 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|15\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 / 15.10", "Ubuntu " + release); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu); flag = 0; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"12.04", pkgname:"optipng", pkgver:"0.6.4-1ubuntu0.12.04.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"14.04", pkgname:"optipng", pkgver:"0.6.4-1ubuntu0.14.04.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"15.10", pkgname:"optipng", pkgver:"0.7.5-1ubuntu0.1")) 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, "optipng"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3546.NASL description Hans Jerry Illikainen discovered that missing input sanitising in the BMP processing code of the optipng PNG optimiser may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed file is processed. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90453 published 2016-04-13 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/90453 title Debian DSA-3546-1 : optipng - security update NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201608-01.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201608-01 (OptiPNG: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OptiPNG. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image file resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 92852 published 2016-08-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92852 title GLSA-201608-01 : OptiPNG: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-469.NASL description optipng was updated to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2016-2191: Invalid write while processing bitmap images (bsc#973992). - CVE-2016-3981: Heap buffer overflow pngxrbmp.c bmp_read_rows - CVE-2016-3982: Heap buffer overflow pngxrbmp.c bmp_rle4_fread last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-04-18 plugin id 90561 published 2016-04-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90561 title openSUSE Security Update : optipng (openSUSE-2016-469) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_8FEDF75CEF2F11E6900E003048F78448.NASL description ifread.c in gif2png, as used in OptiPNG before 0.7.6, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory read) via a crafted GIF file. The bmp_read_rows function in pngxtern/pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory write and crash) via a series of delta escapes in a crafted BMP image. Heap-based buffer overflow in the bmp_read_rows function in pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file. Off-by-one error in the bmp_rle4_fread function in pngxrbmp.c in OptiPNG before 0.7.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write access and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 97220 published 2017-02-17 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/97220 title FreeBSD : optipng -- multiple vulnerabilities (8fedf75c-ef2f-11e6-900e-003048f78448) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-468.NASL description optipng was updated to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2016-2191: Invalid write while processing bitmap images (bsc#973992). - CVE-2016-3981: Heap buffer overflow pngxrbmp.c bmp_read_rows - CVE-2016-3982: Heap buffer overflow pngxrbmp.c bmp_rle4_fread last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-04-18 plugin id 90560 published 2016-04-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90560 title openSUSE Security Update : optipng (openSUSE-2016-468)
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/optipng/bugs/56/
- http://bugs.fi/media/afl/optipng/1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3546
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2951-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00061.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-04/msg00065.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201608-01