Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-1376 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in Redhat NFS Utils 1.0.9
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
A certain Red Hat build script for nfs-utils before 1.0.9-35z.el5_2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 omits TCP wrappers support, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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OS | 2 | |
Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
- Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
- Blue Boxing This type of attack against older telephone switches and trunks has been around for decades. A tone is sent by an adversary to impersonate a supervisor signal which has the effect of rerouting or usurping command of the line. While the US infrastructure proper may not contain widespread vulnerabilities to this type of attack, many companies are connected globally through call centers and business process outsourcing. These international systems may be operated in countries which have not upgraded Telco infrastructure and so are vulnerable to Blue boxing. Blue boxing is a result of failure on the part of the system to enforce strong authorization for administrative functions. While the infrastructure is different than standard current applications like web applications, there are historical lessons to be learned to upgrade the access control for administrative functions.
- Restful Privilege Elevation Rest uses standard HTTP (Get, Put, Delete) style permissions methods, but these are not necessarily correlated generally with back end programs. Strict interpretation of HTTP get methods means that these HTTP Get services should not be used to delete information on the server, but there is no access control mechanism to back up this logic. This means that unless the services are properly ACL'd and the application's service implementation are following these guidelines then an HTTP request can easily execute a delete or update on the server side. The attacker identifies a HTTP Get URL such as http://victimsite/updateOrder, which calls out to a program to update orders on a database or other resource. The URL is not idempotent so the request can be submitted multiple times by the attacker, additionally, the attacker may be able to exploit the URL published as a Get method that actually performs updates (instead of merely retrieving data). This may result in malicious or inadvertent altering of data on the server.
- Target Programs with Elevated Privileges This attack targets programs running with elevated privileges. The attacker would try to leverage a bug in the running program and get arbitrary code to execute with elevated privileges. For instance an attacker would look for programs that write to the system directories or registry keys (such as HKLM, which stores a number of critical Windows environment variables). These programs are typically running with elevated privileges and have usually not been designed with security in mind. Such programs are excellent exploit targets because they yield lots of power when they break. The malicious user try to execute its code at the same level as a privileged system call.
Nessus
NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2009-0955.NASL description An updated nfs-utils package that fixes a security issue and multiple bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools, which provides a much higher level of performance than the traditional Linux NFS server used by most users. A flaw was found in the nfs-utils package provided by RHBA-2008:0742. The nfs-utils package was missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not. (CVE-2008-1376) This update also includes the following bug fixes : * the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67064 published 2013-06-29 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67064 title CentOS 4 : nfs-utils (CESA-2009:0955) 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-2009:0955 and # CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:0955 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(67064); script_version("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1376", "CVE-2009-0180"); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2009:0955"); script_name(english:"CentOS 4 : nfs-utils (CESA-2009:0955)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "An updated nfs-utils package that fixes a security issue and multiple bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools, which provides a much higher level of performance than the traditional Linux NFS server used by most users. A flaw was found in the nfs-utils package provided by RHBA-2008:0742. The nfs-utils package was missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not. (CVE-2008-1376) This update also includes the following bug fixes : * the 'nfsstat' command now displays correct statistics. In previous versions, performing more than 2^31 RPC calls could cause the 'nfsstat' command to incorrectly display the number of calls as 'negative'. This was because 'nfsstat' printed statistics from /proc/net/rpc/* files as signed integers; with this version of nfs-utils, 'nfsstat' now reads and prints these statistics as unsigned integers. (BZ#404831) * imapd upcalls now support zero-length reads and perform extra bounds checking in gssd and svcgssd. This fixes a bug in previous versions that could cause the rpc.imapd daemon to hang when communicating with the kernel, which would halt any ID translation services. (BZ#448710) * tcp_wrappers supported in nfs-utils now allows proper application of hosts access rules defined in /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny. (BZ#494585) * the nfs init script did not check whether SECURE_NFS was set to 'yes' before starting, stopping, or querying rpc.svcgssd. On systems where SECURE_NFS was not set to 'yes', the nfs init script could not start the rpc.svcgssd daemon at the 'service nfs start' command because the rpcsvcssd init script would check the status of SECURE_NFS before starting the daemon. However, at the 'service nfs stop' or 'service nfs restart' commands, nfs init script would attempt to stop rpc.svcgssd and then report a failure because the daemon was not running in the first place. These error messages may have misled end-users into believing that there was a genuine problem with their NFS configuration. This version of nfs-utils contains a fix backported from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. nfs-utils now checks the status of SECURE_NFS before the nfs init script attempts to start, query or stop rpc.svcgssd and therefore, the irrelevant error messages seen previously will not appear. (BZ#470423) * the nfs init script is now fully compliant with Linux Standard Base Core specifications. This update fixes a bug that prevented '/etc/init.d/nfs start' from exiting properly if NFS was already running. (BZ#474570) * /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm is now created with the proper user and group whenever rpc.statd is called. In previous versions, some thread stack conditions could incorrectly prevent rpc.statd from creating the /var/lib/nfs/statd/sm file, which could cause 'service nfslock start' to fail. (BZ#479376) All users of nfs-utils should upgrade to this updated package, which resolves these issues." ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-May/015885.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?63e12255" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected nfs-utils package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_cwe_id(264); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nfs-utils"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/08/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/05/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/06/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/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/CentOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^4([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 4.x", "CentOS " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"ia64", reference:"nfs-utils-1.0.6-93.EL4")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "nfs-utils"); }
NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2008-0486.NASL description An updated nfs-utils package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools. A flaw was found in the nfs-utils package build. The nfs-utils package was missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not. (CVE-2008-1376) Users of nfs-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 43687 published 2010-01-06 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/43687 title CentOS 5 : nfs-utils (CESA-2008:0486) 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-2008:0486 and # CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0486 respectively. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(43687); script_version("1.11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1376"); script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2008:0486"); script_name(english:"CentOS 5 : nfs-utils (CESA-2008:0486)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "An updated nfs-utils package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools. A flaw was found in the nfs-utils package build. The nfs-utils package was missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not. (CVE-2008-1376) Users of nfs-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue." ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-July/015179.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?121a121b" ); # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2008-July/015180.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4a51e083" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected nfs-utils package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_cwe_id(264); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:nfs-utils"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/08/01"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/07/31"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/01/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/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/CentOS/release"); if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 5.x", "CentOS " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"nfs-utils-1.0.9-35z.el5_2")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "nfs-utils"); }
NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2009-0955.NASL description An updated nfs-utils package that fixes a security issue and multiple bugs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools, which provides a much higher level of performance than the traditional Linux NFS server used by most users. A flaw was found in the nfs-utils package provided by RHBA-2008:0742. The nfs-utils package was missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not. (CVE-2008-1376) This update also includes the following bug fixes : * the last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 38816 published 2009-05-19 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38816 title RHEL 4 : nfs-utils (RHSA-2009:0955) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20080731_NFS_UTILS_ON_SL5_X.NASL description A flaw was found in the nfs-utils package build. The nfs-utils package was missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not. (CVE-2008-1376) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 60458 published 2012-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/60458 title Scientific Linux Security Update : nfs-utils on SL5.x i386/x86_64 NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2008-0486.NASL description An updated nfs-utils package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools. A flaw was found in the nfs-utils package build. The nfs-utils package was missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not. (CVE-2008-1376) Users of nfs-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 33783 published 2008-08-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/33783 title RHEL 5 : nfs-utils (RHSA-2008:0486) NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2008-0486.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2008:0486 : An updated nfs-utils package that fixes a security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The nfs-utils package provides a daemon for the kernel NFS server and related tools. A flaw was found in the nfs-utils package build. The nfs-utils package was missing TCP wrappers support, which could result in an administrator believing they had access restrictions enabled when they did not. (CVE-2008-1376) Users of nfs-utils are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to resolve this issue. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 67695 published 2013-07-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/67695 title Oracle Linux 5 : nfs-utils (ELSA-2008-0486)
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accepted | 2013-04-29T04:07:18.486-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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description | A certain Red Hat build script for nfs-utils before 1.0.9-35z.el5_2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 omits TCP wrappers support, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
family | unix | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10638 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
submitted | 2010-07-09T03:56:16-04:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
title | A certain Red Hat build script for nfs-utils before 1.0.9-35z.el5_2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 omits TCP wrappers support, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
version | 27 |
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References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31322
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35162
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0486.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0955.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30466
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020589
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44256
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10638