Executive Summary

Summary
Title libmms: Remote execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-201612-29 First vendor Publication 2016-12-11
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2016-12-11
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 7.5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in libmms might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Background

libmms is a library for downloading (streaming) media files using the mmst and mmsh protocols.

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in the get_answer function within mmsh.c of libmms.

Impact

A remote attacker might send a specially crafted MMS over HTTP (MMSH)
response, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libmms users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libmms-0.6.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2892 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2892

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-29

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201612-29.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24615
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24615
Title: DSA-2916-1 libmms - security update
Description: Alex Chapman discovered that a buffer overflow in processing <q>MMS over HTTP</q> messages could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2916-1
CVE-2014-2892
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/Linux 7
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7
 Product(s): libmms
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-12-12 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-29.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2014-327.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-04-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2916.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2016-12-13 13:24:13
  • Multiple Updates
2016-12-12 09:24:15
  • First insertion