Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-9888 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Gnome Libgsf
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
An error within the "tar_directory_for_file()" function (gsf-infile-tar.c) in GNOME Structured File Library before 1.14.41 can be exploited to trigger a Null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-2183.NASL description It was discovered that there was a NULL pointer deference exploit in libgsf, a I/O abstraction library for GNOME. An error within the last seen 2020-04-30 modified 2020-04-27 plugin id 135975 published 2020-04-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135975 title Debian DLA-2183-1 : libgsf security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-2183-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(135975); script_version("1.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/04/29"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9888"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-2183-1 : libgsf 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: "It was discovered that there was a NULL pointer deference exploit in libgsf, a I/O abstraction library for GNOME. An error within the 'tar_directory_for_file()' function could be exploited to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file. For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.14.30-2+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libgsf 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/2020/04/msg00016.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libgsf" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N/I:N/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:gir1.2-gsf-1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-1-114"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-1-114-dbg"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-1-common"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-1-dev"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-bin"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/12/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/04/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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:"8.0", prefix:"gir1.2-gsf-1", reference:"1.14.30-2+deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libgsf-1-114", reference:"1.14.30-2+deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libgsf-1-114-dbg", reference:"1.14.30-2+deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libgsf-1-common", reference:"1.14.30-2+deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libgsf-1-dev", reference:"1.14.30-2+deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libgsf-bin", reference:"1.14.30-2+deb8u1")) 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_2016-6BA1694D89.NASL description - Security fix for CVE-2016-9888 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. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-12-12 plugin id 95677 published 2016-12-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95677 title Fedora 25 : libgsf (2016-6ba1694d89) 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-2016-6ba1694d89. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(95677); script_version("3.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9888"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2016-6ba1694d89"); script_name(english:"Fedora 25 : libgsf (2016-6ba1694d89)"); 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: " - Security fix for CVE-2016-9888 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-2016-6ba1694d89" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected libgsf package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libgsf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/12/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/12/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 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:"libgsf-1.14.33-4.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, "libgsf"); }
NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2240.NASL description According to the version of the libgsf package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - An error within the last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-11-08 plugin id 130702 published 2019-11-08 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130702 title EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libgsf (EulerOS-SA-2019-2240) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(130702); script_version("1.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/07"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2016-9888" ); script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libgsf (EulerOS-SA-2019-2240)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to the version of the libgsf package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - An error within the 'tar_directory_for_file()' function (gsf-infile-tar.c) in GNOME Structured File Library before 1.14.41 can be exploited to trigger a Null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file.(CVE-2016-9888) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues."); # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-2240 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f5f92fc9"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected libgsf package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N/I:N/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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libgsf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp"); script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); 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/EulerOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS"); if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0"); sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp"); if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP3"); uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP3", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp); if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu); flag = 0; pkgs = ["libgsf-1.14.26-7.h1"]; foreach (pkg in pkgs) if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"3", reference:pkg)) 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, "libgsf"); }
NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2363.NASL description According to the version of the libgsf package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - An error within the last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-12-10 plugin id 131855 published 2019-12-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131855 title EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libgsf (EulerOS-SA-2019-2363) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(131855); script_version("1.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/07"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2016-9888" ); script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libgsf (EulerOS-SA-2019-2363)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to the version of the libgsf package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - An error within the 'tar_directory_for_file()' function (gsf-infile-tar.c) in GNOME Structured File Library before 1.14.41 can be exploited to trigger a Null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file.(CVE-2016-9888) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues."); # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-2363 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e17e633b"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected libgsf package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N/I:N/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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/12/04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/12/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libgsf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp"); script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); 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/EulerOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS"); if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0"); sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp"); if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP2"); uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP2", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp); if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu); flag = 0; pkgs = ["libgsf-1.14.26-7.h1"]; foreach (pkg in pkgs) if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"2", reference:pkg)) 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, "libgsf"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-740.NASL description It was discovered that there was a NULL pointer deference exploit in libgsf, a I/O abstraction library for GNOME. An error within the last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2016-12-12 plugin id 95665 published 2016-12-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95665 title Debian DLA-740-1 : libgsf 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-740-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(95665); script_version("3.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9888"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-740-1 : libgsf 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: "It was discovered that there was a NULL pointer deference exploit in libgsf, a I/O abstraction library for GNOME. An error within the 'tar_directory_for_file()' function could be exploited to trigger a NULL pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in libgsf version 1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libgsf 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/2016/12/msg00014.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libgsf" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N/I:N/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:libgsf-1-114"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-1-114-dbg"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-1-common"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-1-dev"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-bin"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-gnome-1-114"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-gnome-1-114-dbg"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libgsf-gnome-1-dev"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/12/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/12"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 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:"libgsf-1-114", reference:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libgsf-1-114-dbg", reference:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libgsf-1-common", reference:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libgsf-1-dev", reference:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libgsf-bin", reference:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libgsf-gnome-1-114", reference:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libgsf-gnome-1-114-dbg", reference:"1.14.21-2.1+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libgsf-gnome-1-dev", reference:"1.14.21-2.1+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_2017-21EDF966B0.NASL description Security fix for CVE-2016-9888 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. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-01-18 plugin id 96571 published 2017-01-18 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/96571 title Fedora 25 : mingw-libgsf (2017-21edf966b0) 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-2017-21edf966b0. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(96571); script_version("3.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9888"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2017-21edf966b0"); script_name(english:"Fedora 25 : mingw-libgsf (2017-21edf966b0)"); 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: "Security fix for CVE-2016-9888 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-2017-21edf966b0" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mingw-libgsf package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-libgsf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/12/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/18"); 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:"mingw-libgsf-1.14.41-1.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, "mingw-libgsf"); }
NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2166.NASL description According to the version of the libgsf package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - An error within the last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-11-12 plugin id 130875 published 2019-11-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130875 title EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libgsf (EulerOS-SA-2019-2166) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(130875); script_version("1.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/07"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2016-9888" ); script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : libgsf (EulerOS-SA-2019-2166)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "According to the version of the libgsf package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - An error within the 'tar_directory_for_file()' function (gsf-infile-tar.c) in GNOME Structured File Library before 1.14.41 can be exploited to trigger a Null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a crash via a crafted TAR file.(CVE-2016-9888) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues."); # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-2166 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?81d394f5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected libgsf package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N/I:N/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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/10/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libgsf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp"); script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); 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/EulerOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS"); if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0"); sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp"); if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(5)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP5"); uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version"); if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP5", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp); if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu); flag = 0; pkgs = ["libgsf-1.14.26-7.h1.eulerosv2r7"]; foreach (pkg in pkgs) if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"5", reference:pkg)) 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, "libgsf"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2016-4871C26B3C.NASL description - Security fix for CVE-2016-9888 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. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-12-16 plugin id 95901 published 2016-12-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95901 title Fedora 24 : libgsf (2016-4871c26b3c) 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-2016-4871c26b3c. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(95901); script_version("3.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-9888"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2016-4871c26b3c"); script_name(english:"Fedora 24 : libgsf (2016-4871c26b3c)"); 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: " - Security fix for CVE-2016-9888 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-2016-4871c26b3c" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected libgsf package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libgsf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/12/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/12/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 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:"^24([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 24", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC24", reference:"libgsf-1.14.33-4.fc24")) 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, "libgsf"); }
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94860
- https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5
- https://github.com/GNOME/libgsf/commit/95a8351a75758cf10b3bf6abae0b6b461f90d9e5
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00016.html
- https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/
- https://secunia.com/advisories/71201/
- https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/
- https://secunia.com/secunia_research/2016-17/