Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-6192 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
artifex
debian
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

In Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0, the pdf_read_new_xref function in pdf/pdf-xref.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) via a crafted pdf file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Artifex
1
OS
Debian
1

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2018-DA6F76B446.NASL
    descriptionCVE-2018-6192 CVE-2018-6544 CVE-2018-1000051 CVE-2018-6187 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
    modified2018-02-23
    plugin id106958
    published2018-02-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106958
    titleFedora 27 : mupdf (2018-da6f76b446)
    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-da6f76b446.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(106958);
      script_version("3.5");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1000051", "CVE-2018-6187", "CVE-2018-6192", "CVE-2018-6544");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2018-da6f76b446");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 27 : mupdf (2018-da6f76b446)");
      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:
    "CVE-2018-6192 CVE-2018-6544 CVE-2018-1000051 CVE-2018-6187
    
    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-da6f76b446"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mupdf 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: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:fedoraproject:fedora:mupdf");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/01/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/02/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/02/23");
      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:"mupdf-1.12.0-5.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, "mupdf");
    }
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4334.NASL
    descriptionMultiple vulnerabilities were discovered in MuPDF, a PDF, XPS, and e-book viewer which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code if malformed documents are opened.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118723
    published2018-11-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118723
    titleDebian DSA-4334-1 : mupdf - security update
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4334. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(118723);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/13 12:30:47");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2017-17866", "CVE-2018-1000037", "CVE-2018-1000040", "CVE-2018-5686", "CVE-2018-6187", "CVE-2018-6192");
      script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4334");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4334-1 : mupdf - 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:
    "Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in MuPDF, a PDF, XPS, and
    e-book viewer which could result in denial of service or the execution
    of arbitrary code if malformed documents are opened."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mupdf"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/mupdf"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4334"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "Upgrade the mupdf packages.
    
    For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
    in version 1.9a+ds1-4+deb9u4."
      );
      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:mupdf");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/11/04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/11/05");
      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:"9.0", prefix:"libmupdf-dev", reference:"1.9a+ds1-4+deb9u4")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"mupdf", reference:"1.9a+ds1-4+deb9u4")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"mupdf-tools", reference:"1.9a+ds1-4+deb9u4")) 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 familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-1838.NASL
    descriptionSeveral minor issues have been fixed in mupdf, a lightweight PDF viewer tailored for display of high quality anti-aliased graphics. CVE-2018-5686 In MuPDF, there was an infinite loop vulnerability and application hang in the pdf_parse_array function (pdf/pdf-parse.c) because EOF not having been considered. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file. CVE-2019-6130 MuPDF had a SEGV in the function fz_load_page of the fitz/document.c file, as demonstrated by mutool. This was related to page-number mishandling in cbz/mucbz.c, cbz/muimg.c, and svg/svg-doc.c. CVE-2018-6192 In MuPDF, the pdf_read_new_xref function in pdf/pdf-xref.c allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) via a crafted PDF file. For Debian 8
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id126347
    published2019-07-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/126347
    titleDebian DLA-1838-1 : mupdf security update
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1838-1. The text
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(126347);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/08");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2018-5686", "CVE-2018-6192", "CVE-2019-6130");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1838-1 : mupdf 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:
    "Several minor issues have been fixed in mupdf, a lightweight PDF
    viewer tailored for display of high quality anti-aliased graphics.
    
    CVE-2018-5686
    
    In MuPDF, there was an infinite loop vulnerability and application
    hang in the pdf_parse_array function (pdf/pdf-parse.c) because EOF not
    having been considered. Remote attackers could leverage this
    vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF file.
    
    CVE-2019-6130
    
    MuPDF had a SEGV in the function fz_load_page of the fitz/document.c
    file, as demonstrated by mutool. This was related to page-number
    mishandling in cbz/mucbz.c, cbz/muimg.c, and svg/svg-doc.c.
    
    CVE-2018-6192
    
    In MuPDF, the pdf_read_new_xref function in pdf/pdf-xref.c allowed
    remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation
    and application crash) via a crafted PDF file.
    
    For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version
    1.5-1+deb8u6.
    
    We recommend that you upgrade your mupdf 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/2019/06/msg00027.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/mupdf"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Upgrade the affected libmupdf-dev, mupdf, and mupdf-tools 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:L/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:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmupdf-dev");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mupdf");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mupdf-tools");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/01/14");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/06/28");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/07/01");
      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:"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:"libmupdf-dev", reference:"1.5-1+deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"mupdf", reference:"1.5-1+deb8u6")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"mupdf-tools", reference:"1.5-1+deb8u6")) 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 familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201811-15.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201811-15 (MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in MuPDF. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A remote attacker, by enticing a user to process a specially crafted file, could possibly execute arbitrary code, cause a Denial of Service condition, or have other unspecified impacts. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id119160
    published2018-11-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119160
    titleGLSA-201811-15 : MuPDF: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-149.NASL
    descriptionThis update for mupdf fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed : - CVE-2018-6187: Prevent heap-based buffer overflow in the do_pdf_save_document function. Remote attackers could leverage the vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted pdf file (bsc#1077407). - CVE-2018-6544: pdf_load_obj_stm could have referenced the object stream recursively and therefore run out of error stack, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document (bsc#1079100). - CVE-2018-6192: The pdf_read_new_xref function allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation violation and application crash) via a crafted pdf file (bsc#1077755).
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-02-09
    plugin id106704
    published2018-02-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106704
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : mupdf (openSUSE-2018-149)