Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-6311 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
gnome
fedoraproject
CWE-476
nessus

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

Part Description Count
Application
Gnome
111
OS
Fedoraproject
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2020-418CE730DF.NASL
    descriptionUpdate to 2.40.0. ---- MinGW cross compiled gdk-pixbuf 2.36.12 release, fixing various CVE
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id133568
    published2020-02-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133568
    titleFedora 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 familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-3418-1.NASL
    descriptionIt 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id103320
    published2017-09-19
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2017-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103320
    titleUbuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 17.04 : gdk-pixbuf vulnerabilities (USN-3418-1)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201709-08.NASL
    descriptionThe 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id103276
    published2017-09-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/103276
    titleGLSA-201709-08 : GDK-PixBuf: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2020-A718B79006.NASL
    descriptionMinGW cross compiled gdk-pixbuf 2.36.12 release, fixing various CVE
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id133579
    published2020-02-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133579
    titleFedora 30 : mingw-gdk-pixbuf (2020-a718b79006)