Vulnerabilities > CVE-2009-4664 - Link Following vulnerability in Fwbuilder Firewall Builder 3.0.4/3.0.5/3.0.6
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
Firewall Builder 3.0.4, 3.0.5, and 3.0.6, when running on Linux, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on an unspecified temporary file that is created by the iptables script.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 3 | |
OS | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Symlink Attack An attacker positions a symbolic link in such a manner that the targeted user or application accesses the link's endpoint, assuming that it is accessing a file with the link's name. The endpoint file may be either output or input. If the file is output, the result is that the endpoint is modified, instead of a file at the intended location. Modifications to the endpoint file may include appending, overwriting, corrupting, changing permissions, or other modifications. In some variants of this attack the attacker may be able to control the change to a file while in other cases they cannot. The former is especially damaging since the attacker may be able to grant themselves increased privileges or insert false information, but the latter can also be damaging as it can expose sensitive information or corrupt or destroy vital system or application files. Alternatively, the endpoint file may serve as input to the targeted application. This can be used to feed malformed input into the target or to cause the target to process different information, possibly allowing the attacker to control the actions of the target or to cause the target to expose information to the attacker. Moreover, the actions taken on the endpoint file are undertaken with the permissions of the targeted user or application, which may exceed the permissions that the attacker would normally have.
- Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
- Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's trust in configuration and resource files, when the executable loads the resource (such as an image file or configuration file) the attacker has modified the file to either execute malicious code directly or manipulate the target process (e.g. application server) to execute based on the malicious configuration parameters. Since systems are increasingly interrelated mashing up resources from local and remote sources the possibility of this attack occurring is high. The attack can be directed at a client system, such as causing buffer overrun through loading seemingly benign image files, as in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028 where specially crafted JPEG files could cause a buffer overrun once loaded into the browser. Another example targets clients reading pdf files. In this case the attacker simply appends javascript to the end of a legitimate url for a pdf (http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/danger-danger-danger/) http://path/to/pdf/file.pdf#whatever_name_you_want=javascript:your_code_here The client assumes that they are reading a pdf, but the attacker has modified the resource and loaded executable javascript into the client's browser process. The attack can also target server processes. The attacker edits the resource or configuration file, for example a web.xml file used to configure security permissions for a J2EE app server, adding role name "public" grants all users with the public role the ability to use the administration functionality. The server trusts its configuration file to be correct, but when they are manipulated, the attacker gains full control.
- 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 family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_113CD7E9A4E211DE84AF001195E39404.NASL description Firewall Builder release notes reports : Vadim Kurland ([email protected]) reports : Fwbuilder and libfwbuilder 3.0.4 through to 3.0.6 generate iptables scripts with a security issue when also used to generate static routing configurations. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 41021 published 2009-09-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/41021 title FreeBSD : fwbuilder -- security issue in temporary file handling (113cd7e9-a4e2-11de-84af-001195e39404) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database : # # Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors # # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML, # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification, # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above # copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following # disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified. # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs, # published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript, # RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright # notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer # in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the # distribution. # # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION, # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(41021); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:39"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-4664"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : fwbuilder -- security issue in temporary file handling (113cd7e9-a4e2-11de-84af-001195e39404)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Firewall Builder release notes reports : Vadim Kurland ([email protected]) reports : Fwbuilder and libfwbuilder 3.0.4 through to 3.0.6 generate iptables scripts with a security issue when also used to generate static routing configurations." ); # http://www.fwbuilder.org/docs/firewall_builder_release_notes.html#3.0.7 script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4e3e70a1" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/113cd7e9-a4e2-11de-84af-001195e39404.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5704c9cf" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P"); script_cwe_id(59); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:fwbuilder"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2009/09/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/09/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/09/21"); 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:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("freebsd_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"fwbuilder<3.0.7")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_note(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2010-0157.NASL description - Update to 3.0.7 * Fixed security issue with temporary file handling in the generated iptables script. The problem only affects Linux systems where Firewall Builder is used to generate static routing configuration. The problem exists in Firewall Builder versions 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6 * Improved performance of the batch compile operation 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. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 47176 published 2010-07-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/47176 title Fedora 12 : fwbuilder-3.0.7-1.fc12 / libfwbuilder-3.0.7-1.fc12 (2010-0157) 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 2010-0157. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(47176); script_version("1.11"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:30"); script_cve_id("CVE-2009-4664"); script_bugtraq_id(36468); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2010-0157"); script_name(english:"Fedora 12 : fwbuilder-3.0.7-1.fc12 / libfwbuilder-3.0.7-1.fc12 (2010-0157)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: " - Update to 3.0.7 * Fixed security issue with temporary file handling in the generated iptables script. The problem only affects Linux systems where Firewall Builder is used to generate static routing configuration. The problem exists in Firewall Builder versions 3.0.4, 3.0.5, 3.0.6 * Improved performance of the batch compile operation 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=524588" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035112.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4f16edeb" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035113.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3b1536e1" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected fwbuilder and / or libfwbuilder packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/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(59); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:fwbuilder"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libfwbuilder"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/01/05"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/07/01"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 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:"^12([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 12.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC12", reference:"fwbuilder-3.0.7-1.fc12")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"FC12", reference:"libfwbuilder-3.0.7-1.fc12")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_note(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "fwbuilder / libfwbuilder"); }
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201201-11.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201201-11 (Firewall Builder: Privilege escalation) Two vulnerabilities in Firewall Builder allow the iptables and fwb_install scripts to use temporary files insecurely. Impact : A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Firewall Builder. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 57653 published 2012-01-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57653 title GLSA-201201-11 : Firewall Builder: Privilege escalation code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201201-11. # # 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(57653); script_version("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/11 17:09:26"); script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4956", "CVE-2009-4664"); script_bugtraq_id(36468); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201201-11"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201201-11 : Firewall Builder: Privilege escalation"); 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-201201-11 (Firewall Builder: Privilege escalation) Two vulnerabilities in Firewall Builder allow the iptables and fwb_install scripts to use temporary files insecurely. Impact : A local attacker could possibly overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running Firewall Builder. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201201-11" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All Firewall Builder users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-firewall/fwbuilder-3.0.7' NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since March 09, 2010. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue." ); 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:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_cwe_id(59); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:fwbuilder"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/01/23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/01/24"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 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:"net-firewall/fwbuilder", unaffected:make_list("ge 3.0.7"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 3.0.7"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Firewall Builder"); }
References
- http://blog.fwbuilder.org/2009/09/firewall-builder-v307-released.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035112.html
- http://osvdb.org/58247
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36809
- http://www.fwbuilder.org/docs/firewall_builder_release_notes.html#3.0.7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36468
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0389
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=524588
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53392