Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-12562 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 | |
| OS | 1 |
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 Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-67A3755B96.NASL description fixes heap-based Buffer Overflow in psf_binheader_writef function (#1483140, CVE-2017-12562) 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 2017-08-28 plugin id 102794 published 2017-08-28 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/102794 title Fedora 26 : libsndfile (2017-67a3755b96) 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-2017-67a3755b96. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(102794); script_version("3.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-12562"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2017-67a3755b96"); script_name(english:"Fedora 26 : libsndfile (2017-67a3755b96)"); 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: "fixes heap-based Buffer Overflow in psf_binheader_writef function (#1483140, CVE-2017-12562) 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-2017-67a3755b96" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected libsndfile package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:libsndfile"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/08/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/08/26"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/08/28"); 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:"libsndfile-1.0.28-6.fc26")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, 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, "libsndfile"); }NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-FA6784D0BD.NASL description fixes heap-based Buffer Overflow in psf_binheader_writef function (#1483140, CVE-2017-12562) 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 2017-09-01 plugin id 102903 published 2017-09-01 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/102903 title Fedora 25 : libsndfile (2017-fa6784d0bd) 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-fa6784d0bd. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(102903); script_version("3.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-12562"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2017-fa6784d0bd"); script_name(english:"Fedora 25 : libsndfile (2017-fa6784d0bd)"); 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: "fixes heap-based Buffer Overflow in psf_binheader_writef function (#1483140, CVE-2017-12562) 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-fa6784d0bd" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected libsndfile package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:libsndfile"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/08/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/08/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/09/01"); 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:"libsndfile-1.0.28-6.fc25")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, 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, "libsndfile"); }NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-1049.NASL description It was discovered that there was a heap buffer overflow attack in libsndfile, a library for reading/writing audio files. An attacker could cause a remote denial of service attack by tricking the function into outputting a large amount of data. For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2017-08-08 plugin id 102220 published 2017-08-08 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/102220 title Debian DLA-1049-1 : libsndfile security update NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201811-23.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201811-23 (libsndfile: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libsndfile. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a specially crafted file, could cause a Denial of Service condition or have other unspecified impacts. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 119318 published 2018-12-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119318 title GLSA-201811-23 : libsndfile: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2351.NASL description According to the versions of the libsndfile package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2017-12562) - It was discovered the fix for CVE-2018-19758 (libsndfile) was not complete and still allows a read beyond the limits of a buffer in wav_write_header() function in wav.c. A local attacker may use this flaw to make the application crash.(CVE-2019-3832) - An issue was discovered in libsndfile 1.0.28. There is a buffer over-read in the function i2alaw_array in alaw.c that will lead to a denial of service.(CVE-2018-19662) 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131516 published 2019-12-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131516 title EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.3.0 : libsndfile (EulerOS-SA-2019-2351) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_2B3860751D9C11E8B6AA4CCC6ADDA413.NASL description Agostino Sarubbo, Gentoo reports : CVE-2017-8361 (Medium): The flac_buffer_copy function in flac.c in libsndfile 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted audio file. CVE-2017-8362 (Medium): The flac_buffer_copy function in flac.c in libsndfile 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and application crash) via a crafted audio file. CVE-2017-8363 (Medium): The flac_buffer_copy function in flac.c in libsndfile 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file. CVE-2017-8365 (Medium): The i2les_array function in pcm.c in libsndfile 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file. manxorist on Github reports : CVE-2017-12562 (High): Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact. Xin-Jiang on Github reports : CVE-2017-14634 (Medium): In libsndfile 1.0.28, a divide-by-zero error exists in the function double64_init() in double64.c, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 107109 published 2018-03-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107109 title FreeBSD : libsndfile -- multiple vulnerabilities (2b386075-1d9c-11e8-b6aa-4ccc6adda413) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2513.NASL description According to the versions of the libsndfile package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-12-04 plugin id 131666 published 2019-12-04 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/131666 title EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : libsndfile (EulerOS-SA-2019-2513) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-2616.NASL description According to the versions of the libsndfile package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The psf_fwrite function in file_io.c in libsndfile allows attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via unspecified vectors related to the headindex variable.(CVE-2014-9756) - Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the psf_binheader_writef function in common.c in libsndfile through 1.0.28 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.(CVE-2017-12562) - In libsndfile 1.0.28, a divide-by-zero error exists in the function double64_init() in double64.c, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file.(CVE-2017-14634) - In libsndfile 1.0.25 (fixed in 1.0.26), a divide-by-zero error exists in the function wav_w64_read_fmt_chunk() in wav_w64.c, which may lead to DoS when playing a crafted audio file.(CVE-2017-16942) - In libsndfile before 1.0.28, an error in the last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2019-12-18 plugin id 132151 published 2019-12-18 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/132151 title EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : libsndfile (EulerOS-SA-2019-2616)