Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-9828 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Libming
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH 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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 12 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-198CA8BA07.NASL description 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 last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-07-17 plugin id 101580 published 2017-07-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/101580 title Fedora 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 family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-D43D46F1CA.NASL description 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 last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-04-20 plugin id 99494 published 2017-04-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99494 title Fedora 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 family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-799.NASL description 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 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2017-01-27 plugin id 96814 published 2017-01-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96814 title Debian 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 family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-ED6B6A1D7A.NASL description 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 last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-04-19 plugin id 99447 published 2017-04-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99447 title Fedora 24 : ming (2017-ed6b6a1d7a)