Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-1895 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
python
fedoraproject
CWE-307
nessus
NVD
Published: 2020-01-28
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

The py-bcrypt module before 0.3 for Python does not properly handle concurrent memory access, which allows attackers to bypass authentication via multiple authentication requests, which trigger the password hash to be overwritten.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Python
2
OS
Fedoraproject
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-4424.NASL
    descriptionFix for CVE-2013-1895: py-bcrypt <0.3 contains a concurrency bug that could result in auth bypass. 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 seen2020-03-17
    modified2013-04-05
    plugin id65813
    published2013-04-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/65813
    titleFedora 17 : py-bcrypt-0.3-1.fc17 (2013-4424)
    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 2013-4424.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(65813);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1895");
  script_bugtraq_id(58702);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2013-4424");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 17 : py-bcrypt-0.3-1.fc17 (2013-4424)");
  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:
"Fix for CVE-2013-1895: py-bcrypt <0.3 contains a concurrency bug that
could result in auth bypass.

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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927510"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927512"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101387.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?bdfb6497"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected py-bcrypt package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  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:py-bcrypt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:17");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/03/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/04/05");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 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:"^17([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 17.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:"FC17", reference:"py-bcrypt-0.3-1.fc17")) 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, "py-bcrypt");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2013-4447.NASL
    descriptionFix for CVE-2013-1895: py-bcrypt <0.3 contains a concurrency bug that could result in auth bypass. 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 seen2020-03-17
    modified2013-04-05
    plugin id65814
    published2013-04-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/65814
    titleFedora 18 : py-bcrypt-0.3-1.fc18 (2013-4447)
    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 2013-4447.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(65814);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-1895");
  script_bugtraq_id(58702);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2013-4447");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 18 : py-bcrypt-0.3-1.fc18 (2013-4447)");
  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:
"Fix for CVE-2013-1895: py-bcrypt <0.3 contains a concurrency bug that
could result in auth bypass.

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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927510"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927512"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-April/101382.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2cf1d810"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected py-bcrypt package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  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:py-bcrypt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/03/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/04/05");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2020 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:"^18([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 18.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:"FC18", reference:"py-bcrypt-0.3-1.fc18")) 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, "py-bcrypt");
}

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 58702 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2013-1895 Py-bcrypt是OpenBSD Blowfish密码哈希算法的实现。 Python py-bcrypt 0.3之前版本没有正确执行并发内存范围操作，在实现上存在身份验证绕过漏洞，可被利用绕过安全限制，非法访问系统。 0 Python py-bcrypt Module 0.x 厂商补丁： Python ------ 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题，请到厂商的主页下载： www.python.org
idSSV:60709
last seen2017-11-19
modified2013-03-27
published2013-03-27
reporterRoot
titlePython 'py-bcrypt' 模块身份验证绕过漏洞(CVE-2013-1895)

References