Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-4013 - Path Traversal vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
debian
canonical
CWE-22
critical
nessus

Summary

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Lintian 1.23.x through 1.23.28, 1.24.x through 1.24.2.1, and 2.x before 2.3.2 allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via vectors involving (1) control field names, (2) control field values, and (3) control files of patch systems.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Debian
62
OS
Debian
2
OS
Canonical
5

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Relative Path Traversal
    An attacker exploits a weakness in input validation on the target by supplying a specially constructed path utilizing dot and slash characters for the purpose of obtaining access to arbitrary files or resources. An attacker modifies a known path on the target in order to reach material that is not available through intended channels. These attacks normally involve adding additional path separators (/ or \) and/or dots (.), or encodings thereof, in various combinations in order to reach parent directories or entirely separate trees of the target's directory structure.
  • Directory Traversal
    An attacker with access to file system resources, either directly or via application logic, will use various file path specification or navigation mechanisms such as ".." in path strings and absolute paths to extend their range of access to inappropriate areas of the file system. The attacker attempts to either explore the file system for recon purposes or access directories and files that are intended to be restricted from their access. Exploring the file system can be achieved through constructing paths presented to directory listing programs, such as "ls" and 'dir', or through specially crafted programs that attempt to explore the file system. The attacker engaging in this type of activity is searching for information that can be used later in a more exploitive attack. Access to restricted directories or files can be achieved through modification of path references utilized by system applications.
  • File System Function Injection, Content Based
    An attack of this type exploits the host's trust in executing remote content including binary files. The files are poisoned with a malicious payload (targeting the file systems accessible by the target software) by the attacker and may be passed through standard channels such as via email, and standard web content like PDF and multimedia files. The attacker exploits known vulnerabilities or handling routines in the target processes. Vulnerabilities of this type have been found in a wide variety of commercial applications from Microsoft Office to Adobe Acrobat and Apple Safari web browser. When the attacker knows the standard handling routines and can identify vulnerabilities and entry points they can be exploited by otherwise seemingly normal content. Once the attack is executed, the attackers' program can access relative directories such as C:\Program Files or other standard system directories to launch further attacks. In a worst case scenario, these programs are combined with other propagation logic and work as a virus.
  • Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
    This attack targets the encoding of the URL combined with the encoding of the slash characters. An attacker can take advantage of the multiple way of encoding an URL and abuse the interpretation of the URL. An URL may contain special character that need special syntax handling in order to be interpreted. Special characters are represented using a percentage character followed by two digits representing the octet code of the original character (%HEX-CODE). For instance US-ASCII space character would be represented with %20. This is often referred as escaped ending or percent-encoding. Since the server decodes the URL from the requests, it may restrict the access to some URL paths by validating and filtering out the URL requests it received. An attacker will try to craft an URL with a sequence of special characters which once interpreted by the server will be equivalent to a forbidden URL. It can be difficult to protect against this attack since the URL can contain other format of encoding such as UTF-8 encoding, Unicode-encoding, etc.
  • Manipulating Input to File System Calls
    An attacker manipulates inputs to the target software which the target software passes to file system calls in the OS. The goal is to gain access to, and perhaps modify, areas of the file system that the target software did not intend to be accessible.

Nessus

  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-891-1.NASL
    descriptionRaphael Geissert discovered that lintian did not correctly validate certain filenames when processing input. If a user or an automated system were tricked into running lintian on a specially crafted set of files, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 id44327
    published2010-01-28
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2010-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44327
    titleUbuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : lintian vulnerabilities (USN-891-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-891-1. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
    # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
    # trademark of Canonical, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(44327);
      script_version("1.16");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/19 12:54:26");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2009-4013", "CVE-2009-4014", "CVE-2009-4015");
      script_xref(name:"USN", value:"891-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 8.04 LTS / 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : lintian vulnerabilities (USN-891-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Raphael Geissert discovered that lintian did not correctly validate
    certain filenames when processing input. If a user or an automated
    system were tricked into running lintian on a specially crafted set of
    files, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code with user
    privileges.
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://usn.ubuntu.com/891-1/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected lintian package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_cwe_id(22, 89, 134);
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:lintian");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2010/02/02");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/01/28");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/01/28");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2010-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("ubuntu.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
    if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
    release = chomp(release);
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(6\.06|8\.04|8\.10|9\.04|9\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 6.06 / 8.04 / 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) 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, "Ubuntu", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"lintian", pkgver:"1.23.16ubuntu2.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"lintian", pkgver:"1.23.46ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.10", pkgname:"lintian", pkgver:"1.24.3ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.04", pkgname:"lintian", pkgver:"2.2.5ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"9.10", pkgname:"lintian", pkgver:"2.2.17ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
        extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "lintian");
    }
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-1979.NASL
    descriptionMultiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in lintian, a Debian package checker. The following Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project ids have been assigned to identify them : - CVE-2009-4013: missing control files sanitation Control field names and values were not sanitised before using them in certain operations that could lead to directory traversals. Patch systems
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id44843
    published2010-02-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/44843
    titleDebian DSA-1979-1 : lintian - multiple vulnerabilities

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBugraq ID: 37975 CVE ID:CVE-2009-4013 CVE-2009-4014 CVE-2009-4015 Debian Lintian是一款软件包检查程序。 Debian Lintian存在多个安全漏洞,本地攻击者可以利用这些漏洞执行任意代码或者提升特权或获得敏感信息。 CVE-2009-4013:控制文件过滤缺失 CNCVE ID:CNCVE-20094013 CNCVE-20094014 CNCVE-20094015 CNCVE-20094013 控制字段名称和值在使用前没有充分过滤,在部分操作下可导致目录遍历。 Patch systems控制文件在使用前没有充分过滤,在部分操作下可导致目录遍历。 攻击者可以利用这些漏洞覆盖任意文件或泄漏系统信息。 CVE-2009-4014:格式字符串漏洞 CNCVE ID:CNCVE-20094013 CNCVE-20094014 CNCVE-20094015 CNCVE-20094013 CNCVE-20094014 多个检查脚本和Lintian::Schedule模块使用用户提供的输入作为sprintf/printf格式串参数。 CVE-2009-4015:任意命令执行 CNCVE ID:CNCVE-20094013 CNCVE-20094014 CNCVE-20094015 CNCVE-20094013 CNCVE-20094014 CNCVE-20094015 文件名没有充分过滤就直接传递给部分命令作参数,允许以管道或SHELL命令集执行其他命令。 Debian lintian Debian linux用户可参考如下升级程序: Debian Linux 4.0 amd64 Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 ia-32 Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 arm Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 hppa Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 ia-64 Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 hppa Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 sparc Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 s/390 Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 m68k Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 arm Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 powerpc Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 alpha Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 armel Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 armel Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 m68k Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 mipsel Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 amd64 Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 alpha Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 ia-32 Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 mips Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 s/390 Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 mipsel Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 powerpc Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 ia-64 Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 4.0 mips Debian lintian_1.23.28+etch1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.23.28 +etch1_all.deb Debian Linux 5.0 sparc Debian lintian_1.24.2.1+lenny1_all.deb http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/l/lintian/lintian_1.24.2. 1+lenny1_all.deb
idSSV:19044
last seen2017-11-19
modified2010-02-02
published2010-02-02
reporterRoot
titleDebian Lintian多个本地安全漏洞