Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-16803 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Libav
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
In Libav through 11.11 and 12.x through 12.1, the smacker_decode_tree function in libavcodec/smacker.c does not properly restrict tree recursion, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bitstream.c:build_table() out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted Smacker stream.
Vulnerable Configurations
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 Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201811-19.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201811-19 (Libav: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Libav. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker, via a crafted Smacker stream, could cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 119164 published 2018-11-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119164 title GLSA-201811-19 : Libav: Multiple vulnerabilities code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201811-19. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(119164); script_version("1.1"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/27 13:31:29"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-16803", "CVE-2017-7862"); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201811-19"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201811-19 : Libav: Multiple vulnerabilities"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201811-19 (Libav: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Libav. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker, via a crafted Smacker stream, could cause a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-19" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All Libav users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=media-video/libav-12.3'" ); 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:gentoo:linux:libav"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/11/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/11/27"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.inc"); include("qpkg.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (qpkg_check(package:"media-video/libav", unaffected:make_list("ge 12.3"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 12.3"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Libav"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-4119.NASL description Several security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and decoders of the libav multimedia library. A full list of the changes is available at https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v11 .12 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 106877 published 2018-02-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106877 title Debian DSA-4119-1 : libav - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4119. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(106877); script_version("3.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/13 12:30:46"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-16803"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4119"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4119-1 : libav - security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Several security issues have been corrected in multiple demuxers and decoders of the libav multimedia library. A full list of the changes is available at https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v11 .12" ); # https://git.libav.org/?p=libav.git;a=blob;f=Changelog;hb=refs/tags/v11.12 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?098b7b94" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libav" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libav" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4119" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the libav packages. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 6:11.12-1~deb8u1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:debian:debian_linux:libav"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/02/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/02/20"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 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:"libav-dbg", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libav-doc", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libav-tools", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec-extra", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec-extra-56", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavcodec56", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavdevice-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavdevice55", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavfilter-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavfilter5", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavformat-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavformat56", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavresample-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavresample2", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavutil-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libavutil54", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libswscale-dev", reference:"6:11.12-1~deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libswscale3", reference:"6:11.12-1~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");