Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-1141 - Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Inter7 QmailAdmin PATH_INFO

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
inter7
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in qmailadmin.c in QmailAdmin before 1.2.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long PATH_INFO environment variable.

Nessus

NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200611-15.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200611-15 (qmailAdmin: Buffer overflow) qmailAdmin fails to properly handle the
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id23709
published2006-11-22
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/23709
titleGLSA-200611-15 : qmailAdmin: Buffer overflow
code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200611-15.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(23709);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:43");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-1141");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200611-15");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200611-15 : qmailAdmin: Buffer overflow");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200611-15
(qmailAdmin: Buffer overflow)

    qmailAdmin fails to properly handle the 'PATH_INFO' variable in
    qmailadmin.c. The PATH_INFO is a standard CGI environment variable
    filled with user-supplied data.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending
    qmailAdmin a maliciously crafted URL that could lead to the execution
    of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running qmailAdmin.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200611-15"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All qmailAdmin users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-mail/qmailadmin-1.2.10'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:qmailadmin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/11/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/11/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/02/20");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"net-mail/qmailadmin", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.2.10"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.2.10"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "qmailAdmin");
}