Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-5934 - Information Exposure vulnerability in Pear Structures Datagrid Datasource Mdb2

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
pear
CWE-200
nessus
NVD
Published: 2007-11-13
Updated: 2011-03-08

Summary

The LOB functionality in PEAR MDB2 before 2.5.0a1 interprets a request to store a URL string as a request to retrieve and store the contents of the URL, which might allow remote attackers to use MDB2 as an indirect proxy or obtain sensitive information via a URL into a form field in an MDB2 application, as demonstrated by a file:// URL or a URL for an intranet web site.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Pear
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2007-3376.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes a security flaw CVE-2007-5934 with critical impact. All users of php-pear-MDB2 are strongly advised to upgrade to these updated packages. 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id28216
    published2007-11-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28216
    titleFedora 8 : php-pear-MDB2-2.4.1-2.fc8 / php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql-1.4.1-3.fc8.1 / etc (2007-3376)
    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 2007-3376.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(28216);
  script_version ("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5934");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-3376");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 8 : php-pear-MDB2-2.4.1-2.fc8 / php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql-1.4.1-3.fc8.1 / etc (2007-3376)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update fixes a security flaw CVE-2007-5934 with critical impact.
All users of php-pear-MDB2 are strongly advised to upgrade to these
updated packages.

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=379081"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379101"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379131"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379161"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-November/004845.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?193162f1"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-November/004846.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?60b6ab75"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-November/004847.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?85627b05"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Update the affected php-pear-MDB2, php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql and / or
php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysqli packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_cwe_id(200);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-pear-MDB2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysqli");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/11/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/15");
  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:"^8([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 8.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:"FC8", reference:"php-pear-MDB2-2.4.1-2.fc8")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC8", reference:"php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql-1.4.1-3.fc8.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC8", reference:"php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysqli-1.4.1-3.fc8")) 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, "php-pear-MDB2 / php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql / etc");
}
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200712-05.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200712-05 (PEAR::MDB2: Information disclosure) priyadi discovered that the request to store a URL string as a LOB is treated as a request to retrieve and store the contents of the URL. Impact : If an application using PEAR::MDB2 allows input of LOB values via a web form, remote attackers could use the application as an indirect proxy or obtain sensitive information, including
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id29292
    published2007-12-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/29292
    titleGLSA-200712-05 : PEAR::MDB2: Information disclosure
    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 200712-05.
#
# 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(29292);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:44");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5934");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200712-05");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200712-05 : PEAR::MDB2: Information disclosure");
  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-200712-05
(PEAR::MDB2: Information disclosure)

    priyadi discovered that the request to store a URL string as a LOB is
    treated as a request to retrieve and store the contents of the URL.
  
Impact :

    If an application using PEAR::MDB2 allows input of LOB values via a web
    form, remote attackers could use the application as an indirect proxy
    or obtain sensitive information, including 'file://' URLs local to the
    web server.
  
Workaround :

    As a workaround, manually filter input before storing it as a LOB in
    PEAR::MDB2."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200712-05"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All PEAR::MDB2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-php/PEAR-MDB2-2.5.0_alpha1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_cwe_id(200);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:PEAR-MDB2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/12/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/11");
  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:"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:"dev-php/PEAR-MDB2", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.5.0_alpha1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.5.0_alpha1"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "PEAR::MDB2");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2007-3369.NASL
    descriptionThis update fixes a security flaw CVE-2007-5934 with critical impact. All users of php-pear-MDB2 are strongly advised to upgrade to these updated packages. 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id28215
    published2007-11-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2007-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/28215
    titleFedora 7 : php-pear-MDB2-2.4.1-2.fc7 / php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql-1.4.1-3.fc7 / etc (2007-3369)
    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 2007-3369.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(28215);
  script_version ("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:26");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5934");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2007-3369");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 7 : php-pear-MDB2-2.4.1-2.fc7 / php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql-1.4.1-3.fc7 / etc (2007-3369)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update fixes a security flaw CVE-2007-5934 with critical impact.
All users of php-pear-MDB2 are strongly advised to upgrade to these
updated packages.

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=379081"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379091"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379121"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379151"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-November/004838.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9c0d43a3"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-November/004839.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?cd7e1444"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2007-November/004840.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b70b1d35"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Update the affected php-pear-MDB2, php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql and / or
php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysqli packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_cwe_id(200);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-pear-MDB2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysqli");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/11/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/15");
  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:"php-pear-MDB2-2.4.1-2.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql-1.4.1-3.fc7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC7", reference:"php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysqli-1.4.1-3.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, "php-pear-MDB2 / php-pear-MDB2-Driver-mysql / etc");
}

References