Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-9828 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Libming

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
libming
CWE-476
nessus

Summary

The dumpBuffer function in read.c in the listswf tool in libming 0.4.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) via a crafted SWF file.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-198CA8BA07.NASL
    descriptionRelease 0.4.8 (no ABI or API changes) - Add PHP7 compatibility - Fix C++ output of disassembler - Fix heap overflows in parser.c (CVE-2017-7578) - Avoid division by zero in listmp3 when no valid frame was found (CVE-2016-9265) - Don
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-07-17
    plugin id101580
    published2017-07-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/101580
    titleFedora 26 : ming (2017-198ca8ba07)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2017-198ca8ba07.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(101580);
      script_version("3.3");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9264", "CVE-2016-9265", "CVE-2016-9266", "CVE-2016-9827", "CVE-2016-9828", "CVE-2016-9829", "CVE-2016-9831", "CVE-2017-7578");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2017-198ca8ba07");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 26 : ming (2017-198ca8ba07)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Release 0.4.8 (no ABI or API changes)
    
      - Add PHP7 compatibility
    
      - Fix C++ output of disassembler
    
      - Fix heap overflows in parser.c (CVE-2017-7578)
    
      - Avoid division by zero in listmp3 when no valid frame
        was found (CVE-2016-9265)
    
      - Don't try printing unknown block (CVE-2016-9828)
    
      - Parse Protect tag's Password as string (CVE-2016-9827)
    
      - Check values before deriving malloc parameters from them
        in parser.c (CVE-2016-9829)
    
      - Make readString() stop reading string past buffer's end
    
      - Return EOF when reading unsigned values hits end of
        memory backed buffer
    
      - Exit immediately when unexpected EOF is by fgetc() in
        utility programs (CVE-2016-9831)
    
      - Fix using EOF marker -1 value as a valid flag byte
        (CVE-2016-9266)
    
      - Fix division by zero sample rate due to global buffer
        overflow (CVE-2016-9264, CVE-2016-9265)
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
    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://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-198ca8ba07"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected ming package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:fedoraproject:fedora:ming");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/02/17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/04/15");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/07/17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^26([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 26", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) 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, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC26", reference:"ming-0.4.8-1.fc26")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ming");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-D43D46F1CA.NASL
    descriptionRelease 0.4.8 (no ABI or API changes) - Add PHP7 compatibility - Fix C++ output of disassembler - Fix heap overflows in parser.c (CVE-2017-7578) - Avoid division by zero in listmp3 when no valid frame was found (CVE-2016-9265) - Don
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-04-20
    plugin id99494
    published2017-04-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99494
    titleFedora 25 : ming (2017-d43d46f1ca)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2017-d43d46f1ca.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(99494);
      script_version("3.3");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9264", "CVE-2016-9265", "CVE-2016-9266", "CVE-2016-9827", "CVE-2016-9828", "CVE-2016-9829", "CVE-2016-9831", "CVE-2017-7578");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2017-d43d46f1ca");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 25 : ming (2017-d43d46f1ca)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Release 0.4.8 (no ABI or API changes)
    
      - Add PHP7 compatibility
    
      - Fix C++ output of disassembler
    
      - Fix heap overflows in parser.c (CVE-2017-7578)
    
      - Avoid division by zero in listmp3 when no valid frame
        was found (CVE-2016-9265)
    
      - Don't try printing unknown block (CVE-2016-9828)
    
      - Parse Protect tag's Password as string (CVE-2016-9827)
    
      - Check values before deriving malloc parameters from them
        in parser.c (CVE-2016-9829)
    
      - Make readString() stop reading string past buffer's end
    
      - Return EOF when reading unsigned values hits end of
        memory backed buffer
    
      - Exit immediately when unexpected EOF is by fgetc() in
        utility programs (CVE-2016-9831)
    
      - Fix using EOF marker -1 value as a valid flag byte
        (CVE-2016-9266)
    
      - Fix division by zero sample rate due to global buffer
        overflow (CVE-2016-9264, CVE-2016-9265)
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
    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://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-d43d46f1ca"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected ming package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:fedoraproject:fedora:ming");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/02/17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/04/19");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/04/20");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^25([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 25", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) 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, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC25", reference:"ming-0.4.8-1.fc25")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "ming");
    }
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-799.NASL
    descriptionMultiple security issues have been found in Ming. They may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or causing application crash. CVE-2016-9264 global-buffer-overflow in printMP3Headers CVE-2016-9265 divide-by-zero in printMP3Headers CVE-2016-9266 left shift in listmp3.c CVE-2016-9827 listswf: heap-based buffer overflow in _iprintf CVE-2016-9828 listswf: heap-based buffer overflow in _iprintf CVE-2016-9829 listswf: NULL pointer dereference in dumpBuffer CVE-2016-9831 listswf: heap-based buffer overflow in parseSWF_RGBA For Debian 7
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2017-01-27
    plugin id96814
    published2017-01-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96814
    titleDebian DLA-799-1 : ming 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-799-1. The text
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(96814);
      script_version("3.6");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9264", "CVE-2016-9265", "CVE-2016-9266", "CVE-2016-9827", "CVE-2016-9828", "CVE-2016-9829", "CVE-2016-9831");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DLA-799-1 : ming 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:
    "Multiple security issues have been found in Ming. They may lead to the
    execution of arbitrary code or causing application crash.
    
    CVE-2016-9264
    
    global-buffer-overflow in printMP3Headers
    
    CVE-2016-9265
    
    divide-by-zero in printMP3Headers
    
    CVE-2016-9266
    
    left shift in listmp3.c
    
    CVE-2016-9827
    
    listswf: heap-based buffer overflow in _iprintf
    
    CVE-2016-9828
    
    listswf: heap-based buffer overflow in _iprintf
    
    CVE-2016-9829
    
    listswf: NULL pointer dereference in dumpBuffer
    
    CVE-2016-9831
    
    listswf: heap-based buffer overflow in parseSWF_RGBA
    
    For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version
    0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1.
    
    We recommend that you upgrade your ming 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/2017/01/msg00034.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/ming"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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:L/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:debian:debian_linux:libming-dev");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libming-util");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libming1");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswf-perl");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ming-fonts-dejavu");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ming-fonts-opensymbol");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php5-ming");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-ming");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/26");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/27");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 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:"7.0", prefix:"libming-dev", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libming-util", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libming1", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libswf-perl", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"ming-fonts-dejavu", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"ming-fonts-opensymbol", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"php5-ming", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"python-ming", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-ED6B6A1D7A.NASL
    descriptionRelease 0.4.8 (no ABI or API changes) - Add PHP7 compatibility - Fix C++ output of disassembler - Fix heap overflows in parser.c (CVE-2017-7578) - Avoid division by zero in listmp3 when no valid frame was found (CVE-2016-9265) - Don
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-04-19
    plugin id99447
    published2017-04-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99447
    titleFedora 24 : ming (2017-ed6b6a1d7a)