Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-0315 - Unspecified vulnerability in Xchat

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN
xchat
nessus

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python module in xchat allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse Python file in the current working directory, related to a vulnerability in the PySys_SetArgv function (CVE-2008-5983).

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Xchat
1

Nessus

  • NASL familyMandriva Local Security Checks
    NASL idMANDRIVA_MDVSA-2009-059.NASL
    descriptionPython has a variable called sys.path that contains all paths where Python loads modules by using import scripting procedure. A wrong handling of that variable enables local attackers to execute arbitrary code via Python scripting in the current X-Chat working directory (CVE-2009-0315). This update provides fix for that vulnerability. Update : Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0 customers
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id38048
    published2009-04-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/38048
    titleMandriva Linux Security Advisory : xchat (MDVSA-2009:059-1)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:059. 
    # The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(38048);
      script_version ("1.14");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:51");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0315");
      script_bugtraq_id(33444);
      script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2009:059-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : xchat (MDVSA-2009:059-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security
    updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Python has a variable called sys.path that contains all paths where
    Python loads modules by using import scripting procedure. A wrong
    handling of that variable enables local attackers to execute arbitrary
    code via Python scripting in the current X-Chat working directory
    (CVE-2009-0315).
    
    This update provides fix for that vulnerability.
    
    Update :
    
    Packages for 2008.0 are provided for Corporate Desktop 2008.0
    customers"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:ND");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xchat");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xchat-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xchat-perl");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xchat-python");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xchat-tcl");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/12/08");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/23");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/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);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"xchat-2.8.4-4.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"xchat-devel-2.8.4-4.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"xchat-perl-2.8.4-4.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"xchat-python-2.8.4-4.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"xchat-tcl-2.8.4-4.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2011-0027.NASL
    descriptionUpdated python packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section. Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language. It was found that many applications embedding the Python interpreter did not specify a valid full path to the script or application when calling the PySys_SetArgv API function, which could result in the addition of the current working directory to the module search path (sys.path). A local attacker able to trick a victim into running such an application in an attacker-controlled directory could use this flaw to execute code with the victim
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id51524
    published2011-01-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51524
    titleRHEL 5 : python (RHSA-2011:0027)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2011:0027. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(51524);
      script_version ("1.17");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:15");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5983", "CVE-2008-5984", "CVE-2008-5985", "CVE-2008-5986", "CVE-2008-5987", "CVE-2009-0314", "CVE-2009-0315", "CVE-2009-0316", "CVE-2009-0317", "CVE-2009-4134", "CVE-2010-1449", "CVE-2010-1450", "CVE-2010-1634", "CVE-2010-2089");
      script_bugtraq_id(40361, 40363, 40365, 40370, 40862, 40863);
      script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2011:0027");
    
      script_name(english:"RHEL 5 : python (RHSA-2011:0027)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Updated python packages that fix multiple security issues, several
    bugs, and add two enhancements are now available for Red Hat
    Enterprise Linux 5.
    
    The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low
    security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base
    scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each
    vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
    
    Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
    language.
    
    It was found that many applications embedding the Python interpreter
    did not specify a valid full path to the script or application when
    calling the PySys_SetArgv API function, which could result in the
    addition of the current working directory to the module search path
    (sys.path). A local attacker able to trick a victim into running such
    an application in an attacker-controlled directory could use this flaw
    to execute code with the victim's privileges. This update adds the
    PySys_SetArgvEx API. Developers can modify their applications to use
    this new API, which sets sys.argv without modifying sys.path.
    (CVE-2008-5983)
    
    Multiple flaws were found in the Python rgbimg module. If an
    application written in Python was using the rgbimg module and loaded a
    specially crafted SGI image file, it could cause the application to
    crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the
    user running the application. (CVE-2009-4134, CVE-2010-1449,
    CVE-2010-1450)
    
    Multiple flaws were found in the Python audioop module. Supplying
    certain inputs could cause the audioop module to crash or, possibly,
    execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2010-1634, CVE-2010-2089)
    
    This update also fixes the following bugs :
    
    * When starting a child process from the subprocess module in Python
    2.4, the parent process could leak file descriptors if an error
    occurred. This update resolves the issue. (BZ#609017)
    
    * Prior to Python 2.7, programs that used 'ulimit -n' to enable
    communication with large numbers of subprocesses could still monitor
    only 1024 file descriptors at a time, which caused an exception :
    
    ValueError: filedescriptor out of range in select()
    
    This was due to the subprocess module using the 'select' system call.
    The module now uses the 'poll' system call, removing this limitation.
    (BZ#609020)
    
    * Prior to Python 2.5, the tarfile module failed to unpack tar files
    if the path was longer than 100 characters. This update backports the
    tarfile module from Python 2.5 and the issue no longer occurs.
    (BZ#263401)
    
    * The email module incorrectly implemented the logic for obtaining
    attachment file names: the get_filename() fallback for using the
    deprecated 'name' parameter of the 'Content-Type' header erroneously
    used the 'Content-Disposition' header. This update backports a fix
    from Python 2.6, which resolves this issue. (BZ#644147)
    
    * Prior to version 2.5, Python's optimized memory allocator never
    released memory back to the system. The memory usage of a long-running
    Python process would resemble a 'high-water mark'. This update
    backports a fix from Python 2.5a1, which frees unused arenas, and adds
    a non-standard sys._debugmallocstats() function, which prints
    diagnostic information to stderr. Finally, when running under
    Valgrind, the optimized allocator is deactivated, to allow more
    convenient debugging of Python memory usage issues. (BZ#569093)
    
    * The urllib and urllib2 modules ignored the no_proxy variable, which
    could lead to programs such as 'yum' erroneously accessing a proxy
    server for URLs covered by a 'no_proxy' exclusion. This update
    backports fixes of urllib and urllib2, which respect the 'no_proxy'
    variable, which fixes these issues. (BZ#549372)
    
    As well, this update adds the following enhancements :
    
    * This update introduces a new python-libs package, subsuming the
    majority of the content of the core python package. This makes both
    32-bit and 64-bit Python libraries available on PowerPC systems.
    (BZ#625372)
    
    * The python-libs.i386 package is now available for 64-bit Itanium
    with the 32-bit Itanium compatibility mode. (BZ#644761)
    
    All Python users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
    which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add these
    enhancements."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-5983"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-4134"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-1449"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-1450"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-1634"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-2089"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0027"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libs");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-tools");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tkinter");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2009/01/27");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/01/13");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/01/14");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.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) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 5.x", "Red Hat " + 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$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
    
    yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
    if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
    {
      rhsa = "RHSA-2011:0027";
      yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
      if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
          extra      : yum_report 
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
        audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
      }
    }
    else
    {
      flag = 0;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"python-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"python-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", reference:"python-devel-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"python-libs-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"python-libs-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-libs-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"python-tools-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"python-tools-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"python-tools-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"i386", reference:"tkinter-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"s390x", reference:"tkinter-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
      if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL5", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"tkinter-2.4.3-43.el5")) flag++;
    
      if (flag)
      {
        security_report_v4(
          port       : 0,
          severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
          extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
        );
        exit(0);
      }
      else
      {
        tested = pkg_tests_get();
        if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
        else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "python / python-devel / python-libs / python-tools / tkinter");
      }
    }
    

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 33444 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2009-0315 X-Chat是一款免费开放源代码的IRC客户端。 xchat的Python模块中使用了不可信任的搜索路径,本地用户可以在当前工作目录中放置恶意的Python文件并利用PySys_SetArgv函数调用中的安全漏洞(CVE-2008-5983)执行任意代码。 X-Chat X-Chat 2.8.7b X-Chat X-Chat 2.8.6 厂商补丁: X-Chat ------ 目前厂商还没有提供补丁或者升级程序,我们建议使用此软件的用户随时关注厂商的主页以获取最新版本: <a href=http://www.xchat.org/ target=_blank rel=external nofollow>http://www.xchat.org/</a>
idSSV:4870
last seen2017-11-19
modified2009-03-05
published2009-03-05
reporterRoot
titleXChat PySys_SetArgv函数命令执行漏洞