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Debian DLA-1386-1 : ming security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 110162

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ming :

CVE-2018-7866

NULL pointer dereference in the newVar3 function (util/decompile.c).
Remote attackers might leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

CVE-2018-7873

Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the getString function (util/decompile.c). Remote attackers might leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

CVE-2018-7876

Integer overflow and resulting memory exhaustion in the parseSWF_ACTIONRECORD function (util/parser.c). Remote attackers might leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

CVE-2018-9009

Various heap-based buffer overflow vulnerabilites in util/decompiler.c. Remote attackers might leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted swf file.

CVE-2018-9132

NULL pointer dereference in the getInt function (util/decompile.c).
Remote attackers might leverage this vulnerability 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+deb7u9.

We recommend that you upgrade your ming 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/2018/05/msg00017.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110162

File Name: debian_DLA-1386.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/29/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libming-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libming-util, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libming1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswf-perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ming-fonts-dejavu, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ming-fonts-opensymbol, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php5-ming, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-ming, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/25/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7866, CVE-2018-7873, CVE-2018-7876, CVE-2018-9009, CVE-2018-9132