Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-5037 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Inotify Inotify-Tools
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Buffer overflow in the inotifytools_snprintf function in src/inotifytools.c in the inotify-tools library before 3.11 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2007-3074.NASL description A vulnerability has been reported in inotify-tools, which can potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise an application using the library. Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code with privileges of the application using the affected library. NOTE: The programs shipped with inotify-tools are reportedly not affected. The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.11. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 28160 published 2007-11-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28160 title Fedora 7 : inotify-tools-3.11-1.fc7 (2007-3074) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2007-3074. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(28160); script_version ("1.13"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:25"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5037"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-3074"); script_name(english:"Fedora 7 : inotify-tools-3.11-1.fc7 (2007-3074)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "A vulnerability has been reported in inotify-tools, which can potentially be exploited by malicious users to compromise an application using the library. Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code with privileges of the application using the affected library. NOTE: The programs shipped with inotify-tools are reportedly not affected. The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 3.11. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=299771" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-November/004632.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3e4b139d" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Update the affected inotify-tools, inotify-tools-debuginfo and / or inotify-tools-devel packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_cwe_id(119); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:inotify-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:inotify-tools-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:inotify-tools-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/11/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/12"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("global_settings.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) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! ereg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 7.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"inotify-tools-3.11-1.fc7")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"inotify-tools-debuginfo-3.11-1.fc7")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"inotify-tools-devel-3.11-1.fc7")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "inotify-tools / inotify-tools-debuginfo / inotify-tools-devel"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-1440.NASL description It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the filename processing of the inotify-tools, a command-line interface to inotify, may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. This only affects the internal library and none of the frontend tools shipped in Debian. The old stable distribution (sarge) does not provide inotify-tools. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 29807 published 2007-12-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29807 title Debian DSA-1440-1 : inotify-tools - buffer overflow code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1440. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(29807); script_version("1.14"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:20"); script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5037"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1440"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1440-1 : inotify-tools - buffer overflow"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the filename processing of the inotify-tools, a command-line interface to inotify, may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. This only affects the internal library and none of the frontend tools shipped in Debian. The old stable distribution (sarge) does not provide inotify-tools." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443913" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the inotify-tools package. For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3-2." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_cwe_id(119); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inotify-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/12/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/31"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"inotify-tools", reference:"3.3-2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443913
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=443913
- http://osvdb.org/40563
- http://osvdb.org/40563
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26825
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26825
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28221
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28221
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=540277&group_id=171752
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=540277&group_id=171752
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1440
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25724
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25724
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36687
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36687
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00228.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00228.html