UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8782
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Summary:
Details: The readString function in util/read.c and util/old/read.c in libming 0.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a large file that is mishandled by listswf, listaction, etc. This occurs because of an integer overflow that leads to a memory allocation error.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8782, http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/106, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-8782
Affected packages
Package
Name: ming
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ming@1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu2
1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu5
1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu6
1:0.4.5-1.2ubuntu7
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
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Privileges Required
None
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User Interaction
None
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
None
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Availability
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