Vulnerabilities > CVE-2002-0835 - Denial Of Service vulnerability in PXE Server DHCP Packet

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
caldera
redhat
hp
nessus

Summary

Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain DHCP packets from Voice-Over-IP (VOIP) phones.

Nessus

NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2002-165.NASL
descriptionUpdated PXE packages are now available for Red Hat Linux Advanced Server which fix a vulnerability that can crash the PXE server using certain DHCP packets. The PXE package contains the PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment) server and code needed for Linux to boot from a boot disk image on a Linux PXE server. It was found that the PXE server could be crashed using DHCP packets from some Voice Over IP (VOIP) phones. This bug could be used to cause a denial of service (DoS) attack on remote systems by using malicious packets. Users of PXE on Red Hat Linux Advanced Server are advised to upgrade to the new release which contains a version of PXE that is not vulnerable to this issue.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id12317
published2004-07-06
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/12317
titleRHEL 2.1 : pxe (RHSA-2002:165)
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2002:165. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(12317);
  script_version ("1.24");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:09");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2002-0835");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2002:165");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 2.1 : pxe (RHSA-2002:165)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated PXE packages are now available for Red Hat Linux Advanced
Server which fix a vulnerability that can crash the PXE server using
certain DHCP packets.

The PXE package contains the PXE (Preboot eXecution Environment)
server and code needed for Linux to boot from a boot disk image on a
Linux PXE server.

It was found that the PXE server could be crashed using DHCP packets
from some Voice Over IP (VOIP) phones. This bug could be used to cause
a denial of service (DoS) attack on remote systems by using malicious
packets.

Users of PXE on Red Hat Linux Advanced Server are advised to upgrade
to the new release which contains a version of PXE that is not
vulnerable to this issue."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2002-0835"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2002:165"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected pxe package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pxe");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2002/10/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2002/08/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^2\.1([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 2.1", "Red Hat " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i386", cpu);

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2002:165";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"pxe-0.1-31.99.7.3")) flag++;

  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "pxe");
  }
}

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2002:162
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2002:165