Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-14181 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Aacplusenc Project Aacplusenc 0.17.5

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include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(103479);
  script_version("3.3");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:46");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-14181");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : aacplusenc -- denial of service (7801b1e1-99b4-42ac-ab22-7646235e7c16)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Gentoo developers report :

DeleteBitBuffer in libbitbuf/bitbuffer.c in mp4tools aacplusenc 0.17.5
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory
write, SEGV on unknown address 0x000000000030, and application crash)
or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .wav file, aka
a NULL pointer dereference."
  );
  # https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/09/07/aacplusenc-null-pointer-dereference-in-deletebitbuffer-bitbuffer-c/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?35a8d2e6"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://github.com/teknoraver/aacplusenc/issues/1"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/7801b1e1-99b4-42ac-ab22-7646235e7c16.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1cee69f7"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected 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:freebsd:freebsd:aacplusenc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/09/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/09/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/09/27");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"aacplusenc<=0.17.5_2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");