Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-2357 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Matt Kimball and Roger Wolff MTR

#%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 200806-01.
#
# 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(33084);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:45");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2357");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200806-01");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200806-01 : mtr: Stack-based 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-200806-01
(mtr: Stack-based buffer overflow)

    Adam Zabrocki reported a boundary error within the split_redraw()
    function in the file split.c, possibly leading to a stack-based buffer
    overflow.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could use a specially crafted resolved hostname to
    execute arbitrary code with root privileges. However, it is required
    that the attacker controls the DNS server used by the victim, and that
    the '-p' (or '--split') command line option is used.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200806-01"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All mtr users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/mtr-0.73-r1'"
  );
  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:gentoo:linux:mtr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/06/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/06/04");
  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-analyzer/mtr", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.73-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.73-r1"))) 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, "mtr");
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2008-210-06. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(33751);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2357");
  script_xref(name:"SSA", value:"2008-210-06");

  script_name(english:"Slackware 12.0 / 12.1 / current : mtr (SSA:2008-210-06)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in /var/log/packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Slackware host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"New mtr packages are available for Slackware 12.0, 12.1, and -current
to fix a security issue."
  );
  # http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2008&m=slackware-security.352681
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?19917456"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mtr package.");
  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:slackware:slackware_linux:mtr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:12.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:12.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/07/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/07/29");
  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:"Slackware Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) 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, "Slackware", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (slackware_check(osver:"12.0", pkgname:"mtr", pkgver:"0.73", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1_slack12.0")) flag++;

if (slackware_check(osver:"12.1", pkgname:"mtr", pkgver:"0.73", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1_slack12.1")) flag++;

if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"mtr", pkgver:"0.73", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:slackware_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 openSUSE Security Update mtr-5289.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(33386);
  script_version ("1.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:32");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2357");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : mtr (mtr-5289)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the mtr-5289 patch");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update fixes a stack based buffer overflow which could
potentially be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary
code (CVE-2008-2357)."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mtr 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:novell:opensuse:mtr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mtr-gtk");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/07/02");
  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:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  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/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
if (release !~ "^(SUSE10\.2|SUSE10\.3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "10.2 / 10.3", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);

flag = 0;

if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"mtr-0.72-20") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"mtr-gtk-0.72-20") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.3", reference:"mtr-0.72-94.2") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.3", reference:"mtr-gtk-0.72-94.2") ) 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, "mtr / mtr-gtk");
}

#%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-1587. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(32447);
  script_version("1.12");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2357");
  script_bugtraq_id(29290);
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1587");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1587-1 : mtr - 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:
"Adam Zabrocki discovered that under certain circumstances mtr, a full
screen ncurses and X11 traceroute tool, could be tricked into
executing arbitrary code via overly long reverse DNS records."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1587"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the mtr package.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.71-2etch1."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/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_cwe_id(119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mtr");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/05/28");
  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:"4.0", prefix:"mtr", reference:"0.71-2etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"mtr-tiny", reference:"0.71-2etch1")) 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");

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) Novell, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(33387);
  script_version ("1.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:32");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2357");

  script_name(english:"SuSE 10 Security Update : mtr (ZYPP Patch Number 5291)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update fixes a stack-based buffer overflow which could
potentially be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary
code. (CVE-2008-2357)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2357.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply ZYPP patch number 5291.");
  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:"cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/07/02");
  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:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) exit(0, "Local checks are not enabled.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release")) exit(0, "The host is not running SuSE.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) exit(1, "Could not obtain the list of installed packages.");

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) exit(1, "Failed to determine the architecture type.");
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") exit(1, "Local checks for SuSE 10 on the '"+cpu+"' architecture have not been implemented.");


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, reference:"mtr-0.69-18.7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, reference:"mtr-gtk-0.69-18.7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"mtr-0.69-18.7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"mtr-gtk-0.69-18.7")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");