Debian DLA-1042-1 : libquicktime security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 102040

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

CVE-2017-9122

The quicktime_read_moov function in moov.c in libquicktime 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted mp4 file.

CVE-2017-9123

The lqt_frame_duration function in lqt_quicktime.c in libquicktime 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory read and application crash) via a crafted mp4 file.

CVE-2017-9124

The quicktime_match_32 function in util.c in libquicktime 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted mp4 file.

CVE-2017-9125

The lqt_frame_duration function in lqt_quicktime.c in libquicktime 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted mp4 file.

CVE-2017-9126

The quicktime_read_dref_table function in dref.c in libquicktime 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted mp4 file.

CVE-2017-9127

The quicktime_user_atoms_read_atom function in useratoms.c in libquicktime 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted mp4 file.

CVE-2017-9128

The quicktime_video_width function in lqt_quicktime.c in libquicktime 1.2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via a crafted mp4 file.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 2:1.2.4-3+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your libquicktime 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.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/07/msg00036.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/libquicktime

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 102040

File Name: debian_DLA-1042.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/31/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libquicktime-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libquicktime-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libquicktime2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quicktime-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quicktime-x11utils, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/28/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9122, CVE-2017-9123, CVE-2017-9124, CVE-2017-9125, CVE-2017-9126, CVE-2017-9127, CVE-2017-9128