Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-2738 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Nalin Dahyabhai VTE
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
SINGLE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
The VteTerminal in gnome-terminal (vte) before 0.32.2 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (long loop and CPU consumption) via an escape sequence with a large repeat count value.
Vulnerable Configurations
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.
Exploit-Db
description | gnome-terminal (vte) VteTerminal Escape Sequence Parsing Remote DoS. CVE-2012-2738. Dos exploit for linux platform |
id | EDB-ID:37477 |
last seen | 2016-02-04 |
modified | 2012-07-03 |
published | 2012-07-03 |
reporter | Kevin Fenzi |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/37477/ |
title | gnome-terminal vte VteTerminal Escape Sequence Parsing Remote DoS |
Nessus
NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201412-10.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201412-10 (Multiple packages, Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 2012) Vulnerabilities have been discovered in the packages listed below. Please review the CVE identifiers in the Reference section for details. EGroupware VTE Layer Four Traceroute (LFT) Suhosin Slock Ganglia Jabber to GaduGadu Gateway Impact : A context-dependent attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges, execute arbitrary code, cause Denial of Service, obtain sensitive information, or otherwise bypass security restrictions. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 79963 published 2014-12-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/79963 title GLSA-201412-10 : Multiple packages, Multiple vulnerabilities fixed in 2012 code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201412-10. # # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc. # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike # license. 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Please review the CVE identifiers in the Reference section for details. EGroupware VTE Layer Four Traceroute (LFT) Suhosin Slock Ganglia Jabber to GaduGadu Gateway Impact : A context-dependent attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges, execute arbitrary code, cause Denial of Service, obtain sensitive information, or otherwise bypass security restrictions. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-10" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "All EGroupware users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=www-apps/egroupware-1.8.004.20120613' All VTE 0.32 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-libs/vte-0.32.2' All VTE 0.28 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-libs/vte-0.28.2-r204' All Layer Four Traceroute users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/lft-3.33' All Suhosin users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-php/suhosin-0.9.33' All Slock users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-misc/slock-1.0' All Ganglia users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-cluster/ganglia-3.3.7' All Jabber to GaduGadu Gateway users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-im/gg-transport-2.2.4' NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures have been available since 2013. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by these issues." ); 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:POC/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_cwe_id(119); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:egroupware"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:ganglia"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gg-transport"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:lft"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:slock"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:suhosin"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:vte"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/10/28"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); 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:"dev-php/suhosin", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.9.33"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.9.33"))) flag++; if (qpkg_check(package:"net-analyzer/lft", unaffected:make_list("ge 3.33"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 3.33"))) flag++; if (qpkg_check(package:"x11-libs/vte", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.32.2", "rge 0.28.2-r204", "rge 0.28.2-r206"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.32.2"))) flag++; if (qpkg_check(package:"net-im/gg-transport", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.2.4"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.2.4"))) flag++; if (qpkg_check(package:"sys-cluster/ganglia", unaffected:make_list("ge 3.3.7"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 3.3.7"))) flag++; if (qpkg_check(package:"x11-misc/slock", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.0"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.0"))) flag++; if (qpkg_check(package:"www-apps/egroupware", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.8.004.20120613"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.8.004.20120613"))) 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, "dev-php/suhosin / net-analyzer/lft / x11-libs/vte / etc"); }
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2012-472.NASL description Add vte-CVE-2012-2738.patch: fix potential DoS through malicious escape sequences. Fix bnc#772761, CVE-2012-2738. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-06-13 plugin id 74697 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74697 title openSUSE Security Update : gnome-terminal (openSUSE-SU-2012:0933-1) NASL family Mandriva Local Security Checks NASL id MANDRIVA_MDVSA-2013-135.NASL description Updated vte packages fix security vulnerability : A denial of service flaw was found in the way VTE, a terminal emulator widget, processed certain escape sequences with large repeat counts. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted file, which once opened in a terminal using the VTE terminal emulator could lead to excessive CPU consumption (CVE-2012-2738). last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 66147 published 2013-04-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66147 title Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : vte (MDVSA-2013:135) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2012-9575.NASL description Fix for python bindings issues, and fix for CVE-2012-2738 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 2020-03-17 modified 2012-07-05 plugin id 59842 published 2012-07-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59842 title Fedora 17 : vte-0.28.2-6.fc17 (2012-9575) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2012-9546.NASL description Fix to python bindings and a fix for CVE-2012-2738 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 2020-03-17 modified 2012-07-05 plugin id 59841 published 2012-07-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59841 title Fedora 16 : vte-0.28.2-6.fc16 (2012-9546) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2012-471.NASL description - Add vte-CVE-2011-2198.patch: fix memory exhaustion through malicious escape sequences. Fix bnc#699214, CVE-2011-2198 (openSUSE 11.4 only). - Add vte-CVE-2012-2738.patch: fix potential DoS through malicious escape sequences. Fix bnc#772761, CVE-2012-2738. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2014-06-13 plugin id 74696 published 2014-06-13 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74696 title openSUSE Security Update : vte/gnome-terminal (openSUSE-SU-2012:0931-1)
References
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.changes
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.32/vte-0.32.2.news
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083398.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-July/083403.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/23/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/15/11
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54281
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=676090