Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-16883 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Libming
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The outputSWF_TEXT_RECORD function in util/outputscript.c in libming <= 0.4.8 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 13 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-1240.NASL description Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ming : CVE-2017-11732 heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the function dcputs (util/decompile.c) in Ming <= 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file. CVE-2017-16883 NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the function outputSWF_TEXT_RECORD (util/outputscript.c) in Ming <= 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file. CVE-2017-16898 global buffer overflow vulnerability in the function printMP3Headers (util/listmp3.c) in Ming <= 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file. For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2018-01-12 plugin id 105753 published 2018-01-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105753 title Debian DLA-1240-1 : 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-1240-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(105753); script_version("3.6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-11732", "CVE-2017-16883", "CVE-2017-16898"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1240-1 : 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 vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ming : CVE-2017-11732 heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the function dcputs (util/decompile.c) in Ming <= 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file. CVE-2017-16883 NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the function outputSWF_TEXT_RECORD (util/outputscript.c) in Ming <= 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file. CVE-2017-16898 global buffer overflow vulnerability in the function printMP3Headers (util/listmp3.c) in Ming <= 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u6. 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/2018/01/msg00014.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: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:N/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: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:"2018/01/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/01/12"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 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+deb7u6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libming-util", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libming1", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libswf-perl", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"ming-fonts-dejavu", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"ming-fonts-opensymbol", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"php5-ming", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u6")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"python-ming", reference:"1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u6")) 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_2018-38A0E1E6F5.NASL description Security fixes for: CVE-2017-8782, CVE-2017-9988, CVE-2017-9989, CVE-2017-11704, CVE-2017-11728, CVE-2017-11729, CVE-2017-11730, CVE-2017-11731, CVE-2017-11732, CVE-2017-11733, CVE-2017-11734, CVE-2017-16883, CVE-2017-16898, CVE-2018-5251, CVE-2018-5294, CVE-2018-6315, CVE-2018-6359 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 2018-03-21 plugin id 108496 published 2018-03-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108496 title Fedora 27 : ming (2018-38a0e1e6f5) 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-2018-38a0e1e6f5. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(108496); script_version("1.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-11704", "CVE-2017-11728", "CVE-2017-11729", "CVE-2017-11730", "CVE-2017-11731", "CVE-2017-11732", "CVE-2017-11733", "CVE-2017-11734", "CVE-2017-16883", "CVE-2017-16898", "CVE-2017-8782", "CVE-2017-9988", "CVE-2017-9989", "CVE-2018-5251", "CVE-2018-5294", "CVE-2018-6315", "CVE-2018-6359"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-38a0e1e6f5"); script_name(english:"Fedora 27 : ming (2018-38a0e1e6f5)"); 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 fixes for: CVE-2017-8782, CVE-2017-9988, CVE-2017-9989, CVE-2017-11704, CVE-2017-11728, CVE-2017-11729, CVE-2017-11730, CVE-2017-11731, CVE-2017-11732, CVE-2017-11733, CVE-2017-11734, CVE-2017-16883, CVE-2017-16898, CVE-2018-5251, CVE-2018-5294, CVE-2018-6315, CVE-2018-6359 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-2018-38a0e1e6f5" ); 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:N/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:27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/05/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/03/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 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:"^27([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 27", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC27", reference:"ming-0.4.8-5.fc27")) 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_2018-8BE89D9AD6.NASL description Security fixes for: CVE-2017-8782, CVE-2017-9988, CVE-2017-9989, CVE-2017-11704, CVE-2017-11728, CVE-2017-11729, CVE-2017-11730, CVE-2017-11731, CVE-2017-11732, CVE-2017-11733, CVE-2017-11734, CVE-2017-16883, CVE-2017-16898, CVE-2018-5251, CVE-2018-5294, CVE-2018-6315, CVE-2018-6359 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 2018-03-21 plugin id 108503 published 2018-03-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108503 title Fedora 26 : ming (2018-8be89d9ad6) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-5F31E1002A.NASL description Security fixes for: CVE-2017-8782, CVE-2017-9988, CVE-2017-9989, CVE-2017-11704, CVE-2017-11728, CVE-2017-11729, CVE-2017-11730, CVE-2017-11731, CVE-2017-11732, CVE-2017-11733, CVE-2017-11734, CVE-2017-16883, CVE-2017-16898, CVE-2018-5251, CVE-2018-5294, CVE-2018-6315, CVE-2018-6359 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 2019-01-03 plugin id 120460 published 2019-01-03 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/120460 title Fedora 28 : ming (2018-5f31e1002a)