Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-2539 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 2.1 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
osgeo
umn
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

Buffer overflow in the msTmpFile function in maputil.c in mapserv in MapServer before 4.10.6 and 5.x before 5.6.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service via vectors involving names of temporary files.

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 familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2010-12266.NASL
    description - Update to 5.6.5, for various fixes described at: http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-6-5/m apserver/HISTORY.TXT Also fixes CVE-2010-2539, CVE-2010-2540, per bz #617301 and #617312. 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id48746
    published2010-08-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/48746
    titleFedora 13 : mapserver-5.6.5-1.fc13 (2010-12266)
    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 2010-12266.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(48746);
      script_version("1.10");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:31");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2539", "CVE-2010-2540");
      script_bugtraq_id(41855);
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2010-12266");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 13 : mapserver-5.6.5-1.fc13 (2010-12266)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "  - Update to 5.6.5, for various fixes described at:
        http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-6-5/m
        apserver/HISTORY.TXT Also fixes CVE-2010-2539,
        CVE-2010-2540, per bz #617301 and #617312.
    
    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."
      );
      # http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/browser/tags/rel-5-6-5/mapserver/HISTORY.TXT
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ae8c5947"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617301"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=617312"
      );
      # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-August/046434.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?506168b8"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected mapserver package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      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:mapserver");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:13");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/08/07");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/08/26");
      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:"mapserver-5.6.5-1.fc13")) 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, "mapserver");
    }
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-2079.NASL
    descriptionSeveral vulnerabilities have been discovered in mapserver, a CGI-based web framework to publish spatial data and interactive mapping applications. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems : - CVE-2010-2539 A stack-based buffer overflow in the msTmpFile function might lead to arbitrary code execution under some conditions. - CVE-2010-2540 It was discovered that the CGI debug command-line arguments which are enabled by default are insecure and may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code. Therefore they have been disabled by default.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id48222
    published2010-08-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2010-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/48222
    titleDebian DSA-2079-1 : mapserver - several vulnerabilities
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2079. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(48222);
      script_version("1.10");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:22");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2010-2539", "CVE-2010-2540");
      script_bugtraq_id(41855);
      script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2079");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2079-1 : mapserver - several vulnerabilities");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in mapserver, a CGI-based
    web framework to publish spatial data and interactive mapping
    applications. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project
    identifies the following problems :
    
      - CVE-2010-2539
        A stack-based buffer overflow in the msTmpFile function
        might lead to arbitrary code execution under some
        conditions.
    
      - CVE-2010-2540
        It was discovered that the CGI debug command-line
        arguments which are enabled by default are insecure and
        may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
        Therefore they have been disabled by default."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2539"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2540"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2079"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "Upgrade the mapserver packages.
    
    For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
    version 5.0.3-3+lenny5."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
      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:debian:debian_linux:mapserver");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/07/31");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/08/03");
      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:"Debian Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("debian_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"cgi-mapserver", reference:"5.0.3-3+lenny5")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"libmapscript-ruby", reference:"5.0.3-3+lenny5")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"libmapscript-ruby1.8", reference:"5.0.3-3+lenny5")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"libmapscript-ruby1.9", reference:"5.0.3-3+lenny5")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"mapserver-bin", reference:"5.0.3-3+lenny5")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"mapserver-doc", reference:"5.0.3-3+lenny5")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"perl-mapscript", reference:"5.0.3-3+lenny5")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"php5-mapscript", reference:"5.0.3-3+lenny5")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"5.0", prefix:"python-mapscript", reference:"5.0.3-3+lenny5")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");