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Debian DLA-1240-1 : ming security update
medium Nessus Plugin ID 105753
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
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.
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/2018/01/msg00014.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 105753
File Name: debian_DLA-1240.nasl
Version: 3.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 1/12/2018
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-ming, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ming-fonts-opensymbol, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ming-fonts-dejavu, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libming-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php5-ming, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libswf-perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libming1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libming-util
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2018