Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-1836 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Inspircd 2.0.5
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in dns.cpp in InspIRCd 2.0.5 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS query that uses compression.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
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 family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3226.NASL description Adam discovered several problems in inspircd, an IRC daemon : - An incomplete patch for CVE-2012-1836 failed to adequately resolve the problem where maliciously crafted DNS requests could lead to remote code execution through a heap-based buffer overflow. - The incorrect processing of specific DNS packets could trigger an infinite loop, thus resulting in a denial of service. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 82839 published 2015-04-17 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82839 title Debian DSA-3226-1 : inspircd - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3226. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(82839); script_version("1.9"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:37"); script_cve_id("CVE-2012-6696", "CVE-2012-6697", "CVE-2015-6674"); script_bugtraq_id(52561); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3226"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3226-1 : inspircd - security update"); 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: "Adam discovered several problems in inspircd, an IRC daemon : - An incomplete patch for CVE-2012-1836 failed to adequately resolve the problem where maliciously crafted DNS requests could lead to remote code execution through a heap-based buffer overflow. - The incorrect processing of specific DNS packets could trigger an infinite loop, thus resulting in a denial of service." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=780880" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1836" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/inspircd" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3226" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the inspircd packages. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.5-1+deb7u1. For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie) and unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.16-1." ); 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:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/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:inspircd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/04/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/04/17"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 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:"7.0", prefix:"inspircd", reference:"2.0.5-1+deb7u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"inspircd-dbg", reference:"2.0.5-1+deb7u1")) 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");
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_F5F00804A03B11E1A2840023AE8E59F0.NASL description InspIRCd reports : InspIRCd contains a heap corruption vulnerability that exists in the dns.cpp code. The res[] buffer is allocated on the heap and can be overflowed. The res[] buffer can be exploited during its deallocation. The number of overflowed bytes can be controlled with DNS compression features. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 59184 published 2012-05-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59184 title FreeBSD : inspircd -- buffer overflow (f5f00804-a03b-11e1-a284-0023ae8e59f0) code # # (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(59184); script_version("1.6"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/12/19 13:21:18"); script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1836"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : inspircd -- buffer overflow (f5f00804-a03b-11e1-a284-0023ae8e59f0)"); script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "InspIRCd reports : InspIRCd contains a heap corruption vulnerability that exists in the dns.cpp code. The res[] buffer is allocated on the heap and can be overflowed. The res[] buffer can be exploited during its deallocation. The number of overflowed bytes can be controlled with DNS compression features." ); # http://inspircd.github.com/ script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.inspircd.org/" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/f5f00804-a03b-11e1-a284-0023ae8e59f0.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a419016b" ); 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_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:inspircd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/03/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/05/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/05/18"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 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:"inspircd>=1.2<1.2.9")) flag++; if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"inspircd>=2.0<2.0.5_2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201204-02.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201204-02 (InspIRCd: Arbitrary code execution) A vulnerability in InspIRCd allows DNS compression features to control the number of overflowed bytes sent to the heap-based buffer last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 59618 published 2012-06-21 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59618 title GLSA-201204-02 : InspIRCd: Arbitrary code execution code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201204-02. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 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(59618); script_version("1.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/07/11 17:09:26"); script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1836"); script_bugtraq_id(52561); script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201204-02"); script_name(english:"GLSA-201204-02 : InspIRCd: Arbitrary code execution"); 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-201204-02 (InspIRCd: Arbitrary code execution) A vulnerability in InspIRCd allows DNS compression features to control the number of overflowed bytes sent to the heap-based buffer 'res[]' in dns.cpp. Impact : A remote attacker could send specially crafted DNS responses, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201204-02" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All InspIRCd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/inspircd-2.0.5-r1'" ); 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: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_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:inspircd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/04/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/06/21"); 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-irc/inspircd", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.0.5-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.0.5-r1"))) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else { tested = qpkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "InspIRCd"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-276.NASL description Adam <[email protected]>, upstream author of inspircd found the Debian patch that fixed CVE-2012-1836 was incomplete. Furthermore, it introduced an issue, since invalid dns packets caused an infinite loop. This upload corrects these problems. As of today, no CVEs has been assigned to these Debian-specific flaws. For the Squeeze distribution, these issues have been fixed in version 1.1.22+dfsg-4+squeeze2 of inspircd. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2015-07-20 plugin id 84834 published 2015-07-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/84834 title Debian DLA-276-1 : inspircd security update 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 DLA-276-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(84834); script_version("2.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-276-1 : inspircd security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Adam <[email protected]>, upstream author of inspircd found the Debian patch that fixed CVE-2012-1836 was incomplete. Furthermore, it introduced an issue, since invalid dns packets caused an infinite loop. This upload corrects these problems. As of today, no CVEs has been assigned to these Debian-specific flaws. For the Squeeze distribution, these issues have been fixed in version 1.1.22+dfsg-4+squeeze2 of inspircd. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/07/msg00012.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/inspircd" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected inspircd, and inspircd-dbg packages." ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inspircd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inspircd-dbg"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/07/18"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/07/20"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); 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:"6.0", prefix:"inspircd", reference:"1.1.22+dfsg-4+squeeze2")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"inspircd-dbg", reference:"1.1.22+dfsg-4+squeeze2")) 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");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-2448.NASL description It was discovered that a heap-based buffer overflow in InspIRCd could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS query. last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2012-04-11 plugin id 58667 published 2012-04-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/58667 title Debian DSA-2448-1 : inspircd - buffer overflow
References
- http://osvdb.org/80263
- http://osvdb.org/80263
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48474
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48474
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2448
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2448
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/212651
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/212651
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52561
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52561
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74157
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74157
- https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/fe7dbd2c104c37f6f3af7d9f1646a3c332aea4a4
- https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/fe7dbd2c104c37f6f3af7d9f1646a3c332aea4a4