The printMP3Headers function in util/listmp3.c in libming v0.4.8 or earlier is vulnerable to a global buffer overflow, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-9264.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The printMP3Headers function in util/listmp3.c in libming v0.4.8 or earlier is vulnerable to a global     buffer overflow, which may allow attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, a different     vulnerability than CVE-2016-9264. (CVE-2017-16898)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

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

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ming :

CVE-2017-11732

heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the function dcputs (util/decompile.c) in Ming <= 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file.

CVE-2017-16883

NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the function outputSWF_TEXT_RECORD (util/outputscript.c) in Ming <= 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file.

CVE-2017-16898

global buffer overflow vulnerability in the function printMP3Headers (util/listmp3.c) in Ming <= 0.4.8, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted SWF file.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.4.4-1.1+deb7u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your ming packages.

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
261311	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-16898	Nessus	Misc.	medium
120460	Fedora 28 : ming (2018-5f31e1002a)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
108503	Fedora 26 : ming (2018-8be89d9ad6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
108496	Fedora 27 : ming (2018-38a0e1e6f5)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
105753	Debian DLA-1240-1 : ming security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium

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