Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-8372 - Reachable Assertion vulnerability in Underbit MAD Libmad 0.15.1B
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
HIGH Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
The mad_layer_III function in layer3.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b, if NDEBUG is omitted, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted audio file.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-4192.NASL description Several vulnerabilities were discovered in MAD, an MPEG audio decoder library, which could result in denial of service if a malformed audio file is processed. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 109587 published 2018-05-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109587 title Debian DSA-4192-1 : libmad - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4192. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(109587); script_version("1.4"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/13 12:30:47"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8372", "CVE-2017-8373", "CVE-2017-8374"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4192"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4192-1 : libmad - 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 vulnerabilities were discovered in MAD, an MPEG audio decoder library, which could result in denial of service if a malformed audio file is processed." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libmad" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/libmad" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/libmad" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4192" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the libmad packages. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 0.15.1b-8+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.15.1b-8+deb9u1." ); 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:debian:debian_linux:libmad"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/05/04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/05/07"); 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:"libmad0", reference:"0.15.1b-8+deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmad0-dev", reference:"0.15.1b-8+deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libmad0", reference:"0.15.1b-8+deb9u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libmad0-dev", reference:"0.15.1b-8+deb9u1")) 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-F8B87F9D12.NASL description Add few patches from Kurt Roeckx 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 120926 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/120926 title Fedora 29 : libmad (2018-f8b87f9d12) 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-f8b87f9d12. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(120926); script_version("1.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-11552", "CVE-2017-8372"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-f8b87f9d12"); script_name(english:"Fedora 29 : libmad (2018-f8b87f9d12)"); 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: "Add few patches from Kurt Roeckx 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-f8b87f9d12" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected libmad package." ); 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:POC/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:P/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libmad"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/05/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/10/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 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:"^29([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 29", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC29", reference:"libmad-0.15.1b-26.fc29")) 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, "libmad"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-3B14ABC9B0.NASL description Add few patches from Kurt Roeckx 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 2018-10-09 plugin id 117961 published 2018-10-09 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/117961 title Fedora 27 : libmad (2018-3b14abc9b0) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-4F9F4D26F0.NASL description Add few patches from Kurt Roeckx 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 120416 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/120416 title Fedora 28 : libmad (2018-4f9f4d26f0) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-1380.NASL description Several vulnerabilities were discovered in MAD, an MPEG audio decoder library, which could result in denial of service if a malformed audio file is processed. For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2018-05-21 plugin id 109924 published 2018-05-21 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/109924 title Debian DLA-1380-1 : libmad security update NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_B48E7B14052A11EAA1DE53B029D2B061.NASL description National Vulnerability Database : CVE-2017-8372: The mad_layer_III function in layer3.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b, if NDEBUG is omitted, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted audio file. CVE-2017-8373: The mad_layer_III function in layer3.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted audio file. CVE-2017-8374: The mad_bit_skip function in bit.c in Underbit MAD libmad 0.15.1b allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted audio file. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 130992 published 2019-11-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130992 title FreeBSD : libmad -- multiple vulnerabilities (b48e7b14-052a-11ea-a1de-53b029d2b061)