Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-8782 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Libming 0.4.8

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
libming
CWE-190
nessus

Summary

The readString function in util/read.c and util/old/read.c in libming 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that is mishandled by listswf, listaction, etc. This occurs because of an integer overflow that leads to a memory allocation error.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Libming
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Forced Integer Overflow
    This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-38A0E1E6F5.NASL
    descriptionSecurity 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 seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-03-21
    plugin id108496
    published2018-03-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108496
    titleFedora 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 familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-8BE89D9AD6.NASL
    descriptionSecurity 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 seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-03-21
    plugin id108503
    published2018-03-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/108503
    titleFedora 26 : ming (2018-8be89d9ad6)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-980.NASL
    descriptionIt was found that ming, a library to parse and generate SWF (Flash) files, is susceptible to an integer overflow that would lead into out of bound memory writes via a maliciously crafted file. For Debian 7
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2017-06-07
    plugin id100645
    published2017-06-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100645
    titleDebian DLA-980-1 : ming security update
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-5F31E1002A.NASL
    descriptionSecurity 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 seen2020-06-05
    modified2019-01-03
    plugin id120460
    published2019-01-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120460
    titleFedora 28 : ming (2018-5f31e1002a)