Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-6030 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in XEN 4.0.0/4.1.0/4.2.0

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
xen
CWE-20
nessus
NVD
Published: 2012-11-23
Updated: 2017-08-29

Summary

The do_tmem_op function in the Transcendent Memory (TMEM) in Xen 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2 allow local guest OS users to cause a denial of service (host crash) and possibly have other unspecified impacts via unspecified vectors related to "broken locking checks" in an "error path." NOTE: this issue was originally published as part of CVE-2012-3497, which was too general; CVE-2012-3497 has been SPLIT into this ID and others.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Xen
3

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.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Nessus

  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201309-24.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201309-24 (Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : Guest domains could possibly gain privileges, execute arbitrary code, or cause a Denial of Service on the host domain (Dom0). Additionally, guest domains could gain information about other virtual machines running on the same host or read arbitrary files on the host. Workaround : The CVEs listed below do not currently have fixes, but only apply to Xen setups which have “tmem” specified on the hypervisor command line. TMEM is not currently supported for use in production systems, and administrators using tmem should disable it. Relevant CVEs: * CVE-2012-2497 * CVE-2012-6030 * CVE-2012-6031 * CVE-2012-6032 * CVE-2012-6033 * CVE-2012-6034 * CVE-2012-6035 * CVE-2012-6036
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id70184
    published2013-09-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/70184
    titleGLSA-201309-24 : Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201309-24.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2019 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(70184);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/12 17:35:38");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2901", "CVE-2011-3262", "CVE-2012-0217", "CVE-2012-0218", "CVE-2012-2934", "CVE-2012-3432", "CVE-2012-3433", "CVE-2012-3494", "CVE-2012-3495", "CVE-2012-3496", "CVE-2012-3497", "CVE-2012-3498", "CVE-2012-3515", "CVE-2012-4411", "CVE-2012-4535", "CVE-2012-4536", "CVE-2012-4537", "CVE-2012-4538", "CVE-2012-4539", "CVE-2012-5510", "CVE-2012-5511", "CVE-2012-5512", "CVE-2012-5513", "CVE-2012-5514", "CVE-2012-5515", "CVE-2012-5525", "CVE-2012-5634", "CVE-2012-6030", "CVE-2012-6031", "CVE-2012-6032", "CVE-2012-6033", "CVE-2012-6034", "CVE-2012-6035", "CVE-2012-6036", "CVE-2012-6075", "CVE-2012-6333", "CVE-2013-0151", "CVE-2013-0152", "CVE-2013-0153", "CVE-2013-0154", "CVE-2013-0215", "CVE-2013-1432", "CVE-2013-1917", "CVE-2013-1918", "CVE-2013-1919", "CVE-2013-1920", "CVE-2013-1922", "CVE-2013-1952", "CVE-2013-1964", "CVE-2013-2076", "CVE-2013-2077", "CVE-2013-2078", "CVE-2013-2194", "CVE-2013-2195", "CVE-2013-2196", "CVE-2013-2211");
  script_bugtraq_id(49370, 53856, 53955, 53961, 54691, 54942, 55400, 55406, 55410, 55412, 55413, 55414, 55442, 56498, 56794, 56796, 56797, 56798, 56799, 56803, 56805, 57159, 57223, 57420, 57494, 57495, 57742, 57745, 58880, 59070, 59291, 59292, 59293, 59615, 59617, 60277, 60278, 60282, 60701, 60702, 60703, 60721, 60799);
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201309-24");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201309-24 : Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities");
  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-201309-24
(Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the
      CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  
Impact :

    Guest domains could possibly gain privileges, execute arbitrary code, or
      cause a Denial of Service on the host domain (Dom0). Additionally, guest
      domains could gain information about other virtual machines running on
      the same host or read arbitrary files on the host.
  
Workaround :

    The CVEs listed below do not currently have fixes, but only apply to Xen
      setups which have “tmem” specified on the hypervisor command line.
      TMEM is not currently supported for use in production systems, and
      administrators using tmem should disable it.
      Relevant CVEs:
      * CVE-2012-2497
      * CVE-2012-6030
      * CVE-2012-6031
      * CVE-2012-6032
      * CVE-2012-6033
      * CVE-2012-6034
      * CVE-2012-6035
      * CVE-2012-6036"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201309-24"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Xen users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/xen-4.2.2-r1'
    All Xen-tools users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      '>=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.2.2-r3'
    All Xen-pvgrub users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      '>=app-emulation/xen-pvgrub-4.2.2-r1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'FreeBSD Intel SYSRET Privilege Escalation');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'CANVAS');

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xen-pvgrub");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xen-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2011/08/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/09/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 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:"app-emulation/xen-pvgrub", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.2.2-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.2.2-r1"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emulation/xen", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.2.2-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.2.2-r1"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emulation/xen-tools", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.2.2-r3"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.2.2-r3"))) 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, "Xen");
}
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201604-03.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201604-03 (Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities) Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. Impact : A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or obtain sensitive information. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id90380
    published2016-04-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90380
    titleGLSA-201604-03 : Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (Venom)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201604-03.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2019 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(90380);
  script_version("2.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/12 17:35:38");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3494", "CVE-2012-3495", "CVE-2012-3496", "CVE-2012-3497", "CVE-2012-3498", "CVE-2012-3515", "CVE-2012-4411", "CVE-2012-4535", "CVE-2012-4536", "CVE-2012-4537", "CVE-2012-4538", "CVE-2012-4539", "CVE-2012-6030", "CVE-2012-6031", "CVE-2012-6032", "CVE-2012-6033", "CVE-2012-6034", "CVE-2012-6035", "CVE-2012-6036", "CVE-2015-2151", "CVE-2015-3209", "CVE-2015-3259", "CVE-2015-3340", "CVE-2015-3456", "CVE-2015-4103", "CVE-2015-4104", "CVE-2015-4105", "CVE-2015-4106", "CVE-2015-4163", "CVE-2015-4164", "CVE-2015-5154", "CVE-2015-7311", "CVE-2015-7504", "CVE-2015-7812", "CVE-2015-7813", "CVE-2015-7814", "CVE-2015-7835", "CVE-2015-7871", "CVE-2015-7969", "CVE-2015-7970", "CVE-2015-7971", "CVE-2015-7972", "CVE-2015-8339", "CVE-2015-8340", "CVE-2015-8341", "CVE-2015-8550", "CVE-2015-8551", "CVE-2015-8552", "CVE-2015-8554", "CVE-2015-8555", "CVE-2016-2270", "CVE-2016-2271");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201604-03");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201604-03 : Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities (Venom)");
  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-201604-03
(Xen: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Xen. Please review the
      CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  
Impact :

    A local attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition or
      obtain sensitive information.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201604-03"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Xen 4.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/xen-4.5.2-r5'
    All Xen 4.6 users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/xen-4.6.0-r9'
    All Xen tools 4.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.5.2-r5'
    All Xen tools 4.6 users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/xen-tools-4.6.0-r9'
    All Xen pvgrub users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-emulation/xen-pvgrub-4.6.0'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/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:F/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:pvgrub");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xen-pvgrub");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xen-tools");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/11/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/04/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/04/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"in_the_news", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 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:"app-emulation/xen-pvgrub", unaffected:make_list(), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.6.0"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emulation/xen", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.6.0-r9", "rge 4.5.2-r5"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.6.0-r9"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emulation/xen-tools", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.6.0-r9", "rge 4.5.2-r5"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 4.6.0-r9"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"app-emulation/pvgrub", unaffected:make_list("ge 4.6.0", "rge 4.5.2"), vulnerable:make_list())) 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, "Xen");
}

References