Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-0310 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Opensuse 10.3/11.0

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
opensuse
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in SUSE blinux (aka sbl) in SUSE openSUSE 10.3 through 11.0 has unknown impact and attack vectors related to "incoming data and authentication-strings." Following information confirms LOCAL Access Vector reported in Hyperlink Record 1058524: http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48797 The SUSE blinux (sbl) package is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By sending a specially-crafted request, a local attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Opensuse
2

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 familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_0_SBL-090209.NASL
    descriptionA buffer overflow in the sbl package has been fixed. Incoming data and authentication-strings have not been checked properly. CVE-2009-0310 has been assigned to this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id40127
    published2009-07-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/40127
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : sbl (sbl-515)
    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 sbl-515.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(40127);
      script_version("1.10");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:34");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0310");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : sbl (sbl-515)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the sbl-515 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "A buffer overflow in the sbl package has been fixed. Incoming data and
    authentication-strings have not been checked properly. CVE-2009-0310
    has been assigned to this issue."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=436841"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected sbl packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_cwe_id(119);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sbl");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sbl-orca");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/02/09");
      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:"sbl-3.2.2-16.2") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.0", reference:"sbl-orca-3.2.2-16.2") ) 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, "sbl");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SBL-5992.NASL
    descriptionA buffer overflow in the sbl package has been fixed. Incoming data and authentication-strings have not been checked properly. CVE-2009-0310 has been assigned to this issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id35647
    published2009-02-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/35647
    titleopenSUSE 10 Security Update : sbl (sbl-5992)
    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 sbl-5992.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(35647);
      script_version ("1.8");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:37");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0310");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : sbl (sbl-5992)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the sbl-5992 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "A buffer overflow in the sbl package has been fixed. Incoming data and
    authentication-strings have not been checked properly. CVE-2009-0310
    has been assigned to this issue."
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected sbl package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_cwe_id(119);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sbl");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/02/09");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/02/12");
      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:"sbl-3.0f-16.2") ) 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, "sbl");
    }