Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-3429 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Httrack and Winhttrack

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
httrack
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in URI processing in HTTrack and WinHTTrack before 3.42-3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long URL.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Httrack
121

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 familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-7862.NASL
    description - Tue Sep 09 2008 Debarshi Ray <rishi at fedoraproject.org> - 3.42.93-1 - Version bump to 3.42.93. Closes Red Hat Bugzilla bugs #457523 (CVE-2008-3429)and #460529. - Use of generic macros in the publicly exposed API fixed by upstream. - Use of xdg-open now added by upstream. - OpenSSL version updated by upstream. - Linkage issues in libhtsjava.so fixed by upstream. 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 id34177
    published2008-09-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34177
    titleFedora 9 : httrack-3.42.93-1.fc9 (2008-7862)
    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 2008-7862.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(34177);
      script_version ("1.13");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:28");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3429");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-7862");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 9 : httrack-3.42.93-1.fc9 (2008-7862)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "  - Tue Sep 09 2008 Debarshi Ray <rishi at
        fedoraproject.org> - 3.42.93-1 - Version bump to
        3.42.93. Closes Red Hat Bugzilla bugs #457523
        (CVE-2008-3429)and #460529. - Use of generic macros in
        the publicly exposed API fixed by upstream.
    
      - Use of xdg-open now added by upstream. - OpenSSL version
        updated by upstream.
    
        - Linkage issues in libhtsjava.so fixed by upstream.
    
    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=457523"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-September/014238.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e883e990"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected httrack 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:fedoraproject:fedora:httrack");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/09/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/09/12");
      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:"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:"^9([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 9.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:"FC9", reference:"httrack-3.42.93-1.fc9")) 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, "httrack");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-7896.NASL
    description - Tue Sep 09 2008 Debarshi Ray <rishi at fedoraproject.org> - 3.42.93-1 - Version bump to 3.42.93. Closes Red Hat Bugzilla bugs #457523 (CVE-2008-3429)and #460529. - Use of generic macros in the publicly exposed API fixed by upstream. - Use of xdg-open now added by upstream. - OpenSSL version updated by upstream. - Linkage issues in libhtsjava.so fixed by upstream. 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 id34180
    published2008-09-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34180
    titleFedora 8 : httrack-3.42.93-1.fc8 (2008-7896)
    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 2008-7896.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(34180);
      script_version ("1.13");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:28");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3429");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-7896");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 8 : httrack-3.42.93-1.fc8 (2008-7896)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "  - Tue Sep 09 2008 Debarshi Ray <rishi at
        fedoraproject.org> - 3.42.93-1 - Version bump to
        3.42.93. Closes Red Hat Bugzilla bugs #457523
        (CVE-2008-3429)and #460529. - Use of generic macros in
        the publicly exposed API fixed by upstream.
    
      - Use of xdg-open now added by upstream. - OpenSSL version
        updated by upstream.
    
        - Linkage issues in libhtsjava.so fixed by upstream.
    
    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=457523"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-September/014242.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ad486b5e"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected httrack 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:fedoraproject:fedora:httrack");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/09/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/09/12");
      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:"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:"httrack-3.42.93-1.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, "httrack");
    }
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1626.NASL
    descriptionJoan Calvet discovered that httrack, a utility to create local copies of websites, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow potentially allowing to execute arbitrary code when passed excessively long URLs.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id33775
    published2008-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/33775
    titleDebian DSA-1626-1 : httrack - 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-1626. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(33775);
      script_version("1.12");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:21");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3429");
      script_bugtraq_id(30425);
      script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1626");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1626-1 : httrack - 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:
    "Joan Calvet discovered that httrack, a utility to create local copies
    of websites, is vulnerable to a buffer overflow potentially allowing
    to execute arbitrary code when passed excessively long URLs."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1626"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "Upgrade the httrack package.
    
    For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
    version 3.40.4-3.1+etch1."
      );
      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: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_cwe_id(119);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:httrack");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/08/01");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/08/01");
      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:"httrack", reference:"3.40.4-3.1+etch1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"httrack-doc", reference:"3.40.4-3.1+etch1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libhttrack-dev", reference:"3.40.4-3.1+etch1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"libhttrack1", reference:"3.40.4-3.1+etch1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"proxytrack", reference:"3.40.4-3.1+etch1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"webhttrack", reference:"3.40.4-3.1+etch1")) 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");