Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-0751 - Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The ip_evictor function in ip_fragment.c in libnids before 1.24, as used in dsniff and possibly other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via crafted fragmented packets.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2010-5545.NASL description libnids 1.24 (Mar 14 2010): - fixed another remotely triggerable NULL dereference in ip_fragment.c - unofficial patch that enables tracking of already established TCP connections - missing reset of some tcp_* variables upon nids_exit - correct calculation of radiotap header - compilation warning fixes with newer gcc - use pcap_get_selectable_fd() instead of pcap_fileno() dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1: - Rebuild against libnids 1.24 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 47400 published 2010-07-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/47400 title Fedora 11 : dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1.fc11 / libnids-1.24-1.fc11 (2010-5545) 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 2010-5545. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(47400); script_version("1.10"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:32"); script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0751"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2010-5545"); script_name(english:"Fedora 11 : dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1.fc11 / libnids-1.24-1.fc11 (2010-5545)"); 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: "libnids 1.24 (Mar 14 2010): - fixed another remotely triggerable NULL dereference in ip_fragment.c - unofficial patch that enables tracking of already established TCP connections - missing reset of some tcp_* variables upon nids_exit - correct calculation of radiotap header - compilation warning fixes with newer gcc - use pcap_get_selectable_fd() instead of pcap_fileno() dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1: - Rebuild against libnids 1.24 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." ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038387.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3cc63a77" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038388.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5c1e6bb4" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected dsniff and / or libnids packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:dsniff"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libnids"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/04/01"); 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 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); 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:"^11([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 11.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC11", reference:"dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1.fc11")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"FC11", reference:"libnids-1.24-1.fc11")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "dsniff / libnids"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2010-5562.NASL description libnids 1.24 (Mar 14 2010): - fixed another remotely triggerable NULL dereference in ip_fragment.c - unofficial patch that enables tracking of already established TCP connections - missing reset of some tcp_* variables upon nids_exit - correct calculation of radiotap header - compilation warning fixes with newer gcc - use pcap_get_selectable_fd() instead of pcap_fileno() dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1: - Rebuild against libnids 1.24 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 47403 published 2010-07-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/47403 title Fedora 13 : dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1.fc13 / libnids-1.24-1.fc13 (2010-5562) 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 2010-5562. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(47403); script_version("1.9"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:33"); script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0751"); script_bugtraq_id(39142); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2010-5562"); script_name(english:"Fedora 13 : dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1.fc13 / libnids-1.24-1.fc13 (2010-5562)"); 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: "libnids 1.24 (Mar 14 2010): - fixed another remotely triggerable NULL dereference in ip_fragment.c - unofficial patch that enables tracking of already established TCP connections - missing reset of some tcp_* variables upon nids_exit - correct calculation of radiotap header - compilation warning fixes with newer gcc - use pcap_get_selectable_fd() instead of pcap_fileno() dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1: - Rebuild against libnids 1.24 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." ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038410.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ebb18d88" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038411.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?84ef832f" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected dsniff and / or libnids packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/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_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:dsniff"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:libnids"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:13"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/04/01"); 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 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); 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:"^13([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 13.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC13", reference:"dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1.fc13")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"FC13", reference:"libnids-1.24-1.fc13")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "dsniff / libnids"); }
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2010-5535.NASL description libnids 1.24 (Mar 14 2010): - fixed another remotely triggerable NULL dereference in ip_fragment.c - unofficial patch that enables tracking of already established TCP connections - missing reset of some tcp_* variables upon nids_exit - correct calculation of radiotap header - compilation warning fixes with newer gcc - use pcap_get_selectable_fd() instead of pcap_fileno() dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1: - Rebuild against libnids 1.24 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 47398 published 2010-07-01 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/47398 title Fedora 12 : dsniff-2.4-0.9.b1.fc12 / libnids-1.24-1.fc12 (2010-5535)
References
- http://freefr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/libnids/libnids/1.24/libnids-1.24.releasenotes.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038375.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038388.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/038410.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39225
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39249
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39142
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0777
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0791
- http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/04/04/libnids-ip-fragmentation-remote-null-pointer-dereference/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57428