Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-4575 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Sentex Jhead

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
sentex
CWE-119
nessus
NVD
Published: 2008-10-15
Updated: 2009-02-10

Summary

Buffer overflow in the DoCommand function in jhead before 2.84 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via (1) a long -cmd argument and (2) unspecified vectors related to "a bunch of potential string overflows."

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Sentex
20

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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_2008-8941.NASL
    description - Thu Oct 16 2008 Adrian Reber <adrian at lisas.de> - 2.84-1 - updated to 2.84 - fixes
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id34453
    published2008-10-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34453
    titleFedora 8 : jhead-2.84-1.fc8 (2008-8941)
    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 2008-8941.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(34453);
  script_version ("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:28");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4575");
  script_bugtraq_id(31770);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2008-8941");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 8 : jhead-2.84-1.fc8 (2008-8941)");
  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:
"  - Thu Oct 16 2008 Adrian Reber <adrian at lisas.de> -
    2.84-1

    - updated to 2.84

    - fixes 'CVE-2008-4575 jhead buffer overflow' (#467262)

    - removed upstreamed makefile patch

    - Wed Sep 24 2008 Adrian Reber <adrian at lisas.de> -
      2.82-2

    - rebased makefile patch

    - Sat Apr 5 2008 Adrian Reber <adrian at lisas.de> -
      2.82-1

    - updated to 2.82

    - Mon Feb 18 2008 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng at
      fedoraproject.org> - 2.7-3

    - Autorebuild for GCC 4.3

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=467262"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2008-October/015471.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0e8df76f"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected jhead package.");
  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_cwe_id(119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:jhead");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/10/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/10/21");
  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:"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:"jhead-2.84-1.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, "jhead");
}
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_0_JHEAD-090108.NASL
    descriptionThis update of jhead fixes several security problems : - CVE-2008-4575: buffer overflow in DoCommand() - CVE-2008-4639: local symlink attack - CVE-2008-4640: DoCommand() allowed deletion of arbitrary files - CVE-2008-4641: execution of arbitrary shell commands in DoCommand()
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id40004
    published2009-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40004
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : jhead (jhead-399)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update jhead-399.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(40004);
  script_version("1.11");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:34");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4575", "CVE-2008-4639", "CVE-2008-4640", "CVE-2008-4641");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : jhead (jhead-399)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the jhead-399 patch");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update of jhead fixes several security problems :

  - CVE-2008-4575: buffer overflow in DoCommand()

  - CVE-2008-4639: local symlink attack

  - CVE-2008-4640: DoCommand() allowed deletion of arbitrary
    files

  - CVE-2008-4641: execution of arbitrary shell commands in
    DoCommand()"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435979"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected jhead package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(20, 59, 119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jhead");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/01/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/07/21");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 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 !~ "^(SUSE11\.0)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "11.0", 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:"SUSE11.0", reference:"jhead-2.82-11.3") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "jhead");
}
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_JHEAD-5899.NASL
    descriptionThis update of jhead fixes several security problems : - CVE-2008-4575: buffer overflow in DoCommand() - CVE-2008-4639: local symlink attack - CVE-2008-4640: DoCommand() allowed deletion of arbitrary files - CVE-2008-4641: execution of arbitrary shell commands in DoCommand()
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35331
    published2009-01-11
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35331
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : jhead (jhead-5899)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update jhead-5899.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(35331);
  script_version ("1.9");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:36");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4575", "CVE-2008-4639", "CVE-2008-4640", "CVE-2008-4641");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : jhead (jhead-5899)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the jhead-5899 patch");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update of jhead fixes several security problems :

  - CVE-2008-4575: buffer overflow in DoCommand()

  - CVE-2008-4639: local symlink attack

  - CVE-2008-4640: DoCommand() allowed deletion of arbitrary
    files

  - CVE-2008-4641: execution of arbitrary shell commands in
    DoCommand()"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected jhead package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(20, 59, 119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jhead");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/01/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/01/11");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 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\.3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "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:"SUSE10.3", reference:"jhead-2.7-11.3") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "jhead");
}
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_1_JHEAD-090108.NASL
    descriptionThis update of jhead fixes several security problems : - CVE-2008-4575: buffer overflow in DoCommand() - CVE-2008-4639: local symlink attack - CVE-2008-4640: DoCommand() allowed deletion of arbitrary files - CVE-2008-4641: execution of arbitrary shell commands in DoCommand()
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id40243
    published2009-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40243
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : jhead (jhead-399)
  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-041.NASL
    descriptionSecurity vulnerabilities have been identified and fixed in jhead. Buffer overflow in the DoCommand function in jhead before 2.84 might allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) (CVE-2008-4575). Jhead before 2.84 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file (CVE-2008-4639). Jhead 2.84 and earlier allows local users to delete arbitrary files via vectors involving a modified input filename (CVE-2008-4640). jhead 2.84 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in unspecified input (CVE-2008-4641). This update provides the latest Jhead to correct these issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id37496
    published2009-04-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/37496
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : jhead (MDVSA-2009:041)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200901-02.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200901-02 (JHead: Multiple vulnerabilities) Marc Merlin and John Dong reported multiple vulnerabilities in JHead: A buffer overflow in the DoCommand() function when processing the cmd argument and related to potential string overflows (CVE-2008-4575). An insecure creation of a temporary file (CVE-2008-4639). A error when unlinking a file (CVE-2008-4640). Insufficient escaping of shell metacharacters (CVE-2008-4641). Impact : A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code by enticing a user or automated system to open a file with a long filename or via unspecified vectors. It is also possible to trick a user into deleting or overwriting files. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35346
    published2009-01-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35346
    titleGLSA-200901-02 : JHead: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2008-8928.NASL
    description - Thu Oct 16 2008 Adrian Reber <adrian at lisas.de> - 2.84-1 - updated to 2.84 - fixes
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id34452
    published2008-10-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/34452
    titleFedora 9 : jhead-2.84-1.fc9 (2008-8928)

References