Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-6311 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors related to printing an error message.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2020-418CE730DF.NASL description Update to 2.40.0. ---- MinGW cross compiled gdk-pixbuf 2.36.12 release, fixing various CVE last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 133568 published 2020-02-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133568 title Fedora 31 : mingw-gdk-pixbuf (2020-418ce730df) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2020-418ce730df. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(133568); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/02/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7552", "CVE-2017-6311", "CVE-2017-6312", "CVE-2017-6313", "CVE-2017-6314"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2020-418ce730df"); script_name(english:"Fedora 31 : mingw-gdk-pixbuf (2020-418ce730df)"); 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: "Update to 2.40.0. ---- MinGW cross compiled gdk-pixbuf 2.36.12 release, fixing various CVE's. 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-2020-418ce730df" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mingw-gdk-pixbuf package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"); 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:H/I:H/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:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-gdk-pixbuf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/04/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/02/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/02/10"); 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:"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:"^31([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 31", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC31", reference:"mingw-gdk-pixbuf-2.40.0-1.fc31")) 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, "mingw-gdk-pixbuf"); }
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3418-1.NASL description It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain jpeg images. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted jpeg file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2862) It was discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle certain tiff images. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted tiff file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-2870) Ariel Zelivansky discovered that the GDK-PixBuf library did not properly handle printing certain error messages. If an user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, a remote attacker could use this flaw to cause GDK-PixBuf to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2017-6311). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 103320 published 2017-09-19 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103320 title Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 : gdk-pixbuf vulnerabilities (USN-3418-1) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201709-08.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201709-08 (GDK-PixBuf: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in GDK-PixBuf. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. Impact : A remote attacker, by sending a specially crafted TIFF, JPEG, or URL, could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or 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 103276 published 2017-09-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103276 title GLSA-201709-08 : GDK-PixBuf: Multiple vulnerabilities NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2020-A718B79006.NASL description MinGW cross compiled gdk-pixbuf 2.36.12 release, fixing various CVE last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 133579 published 2020-02-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133579 title Fedora 30 : mingw-gdk-pixbuf (2020-a718b79006)
References
- http://mov.sx/2017/02/21/bug-hunting-gdk-pixbuf.html
- http://mov.sx/2017/02/21/bug-hunting-gdk-pixbuf.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/21/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/21/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/26/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/02/26/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96779
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96779
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778204
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=778204
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SJF5ARFOX4BFUK6YCBKGAKBQYECO3AI2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SJF5ARFOX4BFUK6YCBKGAKBQYECO3AI2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VSAZ6UCKKXC5VOWXGWQHOX2ZBLLATIOT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VSAZ6UCKKXC5VOWXGWQHOX2ZBLLATIOT/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-08
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-08