Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-5876 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Irrlicht

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
irrlicht
CWE-119
critical
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in Irrlicht before 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors in the B3D loader.

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 familyGentoo Local Security Checks
NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200903-10.NASL
descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200903-10 (Irrlicht: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code) An unspecified component of the B3D loader is vulnerable to a buffer overflow due to missing boundary checks. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted .irr file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service (crash). Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id35800
published2009-03-08
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35800
titleGLSA-200903-10 : Irrlicht: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
code
#%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 200903-10.
#
# 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(35800);
  script_version("1.14");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:45");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5876");
  script_bugtraq_id(32907);
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200903-10");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200903-10 : Irrlicht: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code");
  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-200903-10
(Irrlicht: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code)

    An unspecified component of the B3D loader is vulnerable to a buffer
    overflow due to missing boundary checks.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted .irr
    file, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the
    privileges of the user running the application, or a Denial of Service
    (crash).
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200903-10"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All irrlicht users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-games/irrlicht-1.5'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  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:gentoo:linux:irrlicht");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/03/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/03/08");
  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:"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:"dev-games/irrlicht", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.5"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.5"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Irrlicht");
}

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 32907 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2008-5876 Irrlicht是用C++编写的开源高效3D引擎。 Irrlicht的B3D加载器中存在缓冲区溢出漏洞。如果用户受骗打开了包含有特制光照网格的.irr文件的话,就可能触发这个溢出,导致拒绝服务或执行任意指令。 Nikolaus Gebhardt Irrlicht &lt; 1.5 厂商补丁: Nikolaus Gebhardt ----------------- 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题,请到厂商的主页下载: <a href=http://downloads.sourceforge.net/irrlicht/irrlicht-1.5.zip target=_blank rel=external nofollow>http://downloads.sourceforge.net/irrlicht/irrlicht-1.5.zip</a>
idSSV:4645
last seen2017-11-19
modified2009-01-11
published2009-01-11
reporterRoot
titleIrrlicht B3D加载器缓冲区溢出漏洞