Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-0061 - Remote Denial of Service vulnerability in MaraDNS Malformed Packet

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include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(29953);
  script_version("1.11");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:39");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0061");
  script_xref(name:"Secunia", value:"28329");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : maradns -- CNAME record resource rotation denial of service (f358de71-bf64-11dc-928b-0016179b2dd5)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Secunia reports :

A vulnerability has been reported in MaraDNS, which can be exploited
by malicious people to cause a Denial of Service.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the handling of
certain DNS packets. This can be exploited to cause a resource
rotation by sending specially crafted DNS packets, which cause an
authoritative CNAME record to not resolve, resulting in a Denial of
Sevices."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://maradns.blogspot.com/2007/08/maradns-update-all-versions.html"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/f358de71-bf64-11dc-928b-0016179b2dd5.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2e8f8256"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected 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:freebsd:freebsd:maradns");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/01/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/01/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/01/14");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"maradns<1.2.12.08")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

#%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 200801-16.
#
# 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(30128);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:44");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0061");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200801-16");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200801-16 : MaraDNS: CNAME Denial of Service");
  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-200801-16
(MaraDNS: CNAME Denial of Service)

    Michael Krieger reported that a specially crafted DNS could prevent an
    authoritative canonical name (CNAME) record from being resolved because
    of an 'improper rotation of resource records'.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could send specially crafted DNS packets to a
    vulnerable server, making it unable to resolve CNAME records.
  
Workaround :

    Add 'max_ar_chain = 2' to the 'marac' configuration file."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200801-16"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All MaraDNS users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-dns/maradns-1.2.12.09'"
  );
  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:gentoo:linux:maradns");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/01/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/01/30");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 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-dns/maradns", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.2.12.08"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.2.12.08"))) 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, "MaraDNS");
}

#%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-1445. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(29839);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0061");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1445");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1445-1 : maradns - programming error");
  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:
"Michael Krieger and Sam Trenholme discovered a programming error in
MaraDNS, a simple security-aware Domain Name Service server, which
might lead to denial of service through malformed DNS packets."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1445"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the maradns package.

For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.0.27-2.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.12.04-1etch2."
  );
  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:debian:debian_linux:maradns");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/01/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/01/04");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 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:"3.1", prefix:"maradns", reference:"1.0.27-2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"maradns", reference:"1.2.12.04-1etch2")) 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");

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(73478);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/14  1:59:35");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0061");
  script_bugtraq_id(27124);

  script_name(english:"MaraDNS < 1.0.41 / 1.2.x < 1.2.12.08 / 1.3.x < 1.3.07.04 CNAME Record Resource Rotation Remote DoS");
  script_summary(english:"Checks version of MaraDNS server");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The DNS server running on the remote host is affected by a denial of
service vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to its self-reported version number, the MaraDNS server
running on the remote host is affected by an issue during resource
record rotation. This issue could allow a remote attacker to send a
specially crafted packet, which will prevent an authoritative CNAME
record from resolving, resulting in a denial of service.

Note that if the line 'max_ar_chain = 2' is in the configuration file,
the host is not affected.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://maradns.blogspot.com/2007/08/maradns-update-all-versions.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://maradns.samiam.org/security.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to MaraDNS version 1.0.41 / 1.2.12.08 / 1.3.07.04 or later or
refer to the vendor for a workaround.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/08/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/08/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/04/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:maradns:maradns");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"DNS");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");

  script_dependencies("maradns_version.nasl");
  script_require_keys("maradns/version", "maradns/num_ver", "Settings/ParanoidReport");

  exit(0);
}

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

version = get_kb_item_or_exit("maradns/version");
num_ver = get_kb_item_or_exit("maradns/num_ver");

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

port = 53;
fix = NULL;

# < 1.0.41
if (version =~ "^(0|1\.0\.)" && ver_compare(ver:num_ver, fix:"1.0.41", strict:FALSE) == -1)
  fix = "1.0.41";

# 1.2.x < 1.2.12.08
else if (version =~ "^1\.[12]\." && ver_compare(ver:num_ver, fix:"1.2.12.08", strict:FALSE) == -1)
  fix = "1.2.12.08";

# 1.3.x < 1.3.07.04
else if (version =~ "^1\.3\." && ver_compare(ver:num_ver, fix:"1.3.07.04", strict:FALSE) == -1)
  fix = "1.3.07.04";

else
  audit(AUDIT_LISTEN_NOT_VULN, "MaraDNS", port, version, "UDP");


if (report_verbosity > 0)
{
  report =
    '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
    '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fix +
    '\n';
  security_warning(port:port, proto:"udp", extra:report);
}
else security_warning(port:port, proto:"udp");