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Debian DLA-799-1 : ming security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 96814

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Multiple security issues have been found in Ming. They may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or causing application crash.

CVE-2016-9264

global-buffer-overflow in printMP3Headers

CVE-2016-9265

divide-by-zero in printMP3Headers

CVE-2016-9266

left shift in listmp3.c

CVE-2016-9827

listswf: heap-based buffer overflow in _iprintf

CVE-2016-9828

listswf: heap-based buffer overflow in _iprintf

CVE-2016-9829

listswf: NULL pointer dereference in dumpBuffer

CVE-2016-9831

listswf: heap-based buffer overflow in parseSWF_RGBA

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 0.4.4-1.1+deb7u1.

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/2017/01/msg00034.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96814

File Name: debian_DLA-799.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-ming, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ming-fonts-opensymbol

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9264, CVE-2016-9265, CVE-2016-9266, CVE-2016-9827, CVE-2016-9828, CVE-2016-9829, CVE-2016-9831