Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-7458 - Information Exposure vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 2.1 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
redislabs
debian
CWE-200
nessus

Summary

linenoise, as used in Redis before 3.2.3, uses world-readable permissions for .rediscli_history, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Redislabs
173
OS
Debian
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Subverting Environment Variable Values
    The attacker directly or indirectly modifies environment variables used by or controlling the target software. The attacker's goal is to cause the target software to deviate from its expected operation in a manner that benefits the attacker.
  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • Exploiting Trust in Client (aka Make the Client Invisible)
    An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities in client/server communication channel authentication and data integrity. It leverages the implicit trust a server places in the client, or more importantly, that which the server believes is the client. An attacker executes this type of attack by placing themselves in the communication channel between client and server such that communication directly to the server is possible where the server believes it is communicating only with a valid client. There are numerous variations of this type of attack.
  • Browser Fingerprinting
    An attacker carefully crafts small snippets of Java Script to efficiently detect the type of browser the potential victim is using. Many web-based attacks need prior knowledge of the web browser including the version of browser to ensure successful exploitation of a vulnerability. Having this knowledge allows an attacker to target the victim with attacks that specifically exploit known or zero day weaknesses in the type and version of the browser used by the victim. Automating this process via Java Script as a part of the same delivery system used to exploit the browser is considered more efficient as the attacker can supply a browser fingerprinting method and integrate it with exploit code, all contained in Java Script and in response to the same web page request by the browser.
  • Session Credential Falsification through Prediction
    This attack targets predictable session ID in order to gain privileges. The attacker can predict the session ID used during a transaction to perform spoofing and session hijacking.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_FA175F308C7511E6924A60A44CE6887B.NASL
    descriptionRedis team reports : The redis-cli history file (in linenoise) is created with the default OS umask value which makes it world readable in most systems and could potentially expose authentication credentials to other users.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id93991
    published2016-10-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/93991
    titleFreeBSD : redis -- sensitive information leak through command history file (fa175f30-8c75-11e6-924a-60a44ce6887b)
    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(93991);
      script_version("2.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:46");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2013-7458");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : redis -- sensitive information leak through command history file (fa175f30-8c75-11e6-924a-60a44ce6887b)");
      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:
    "Redis team reports :
    
    The redis-cli history file (in linenoise) is created with the default
    OS umask value which makes it world readable in most systems and could
    potentially expose authentication credentials to other users."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://github.com/antirez/redis/pull/1418"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://github.com/antirez/redis/issues/3284"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/fa175f30-8c75-11e6-924a-60a44ce6887b.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?641f6d52"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:redis");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:redis-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2013/11/30");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/10/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/10/12");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 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:"redis<3.2.3")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"redis-devel<3.2.3")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
      else security_note(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2016-945.NASL
    descriptionThis update for redis fixes the following issues : - CVE-2013-7458: unsafe permissions of command line history (boo#991250)
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2016-08-08
    plugin id92775
    published2016-08-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92775
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : redis (openSUSE-2016-945)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-577.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that the redis-cli tool in redis (an in-memory key-value database) created world-readable history files. For Debian 7
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2016-08-01
    plugin id92640
    published2016-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92640
    titleDebian DLA-577-1 : redis security update
  • NASL familyMisc.
    NASL idREDIS_CVE-2013-7458.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Redis installed on the remote host is affected by a local information disclosure and therefore requires a security update.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109322
    published2018-04-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109322
    titlePivotal Software Redis < 3.2.3 Local Information Disclosure
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-3634.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that redis, a persistent key-value database, did not properly protect redis-cli history files: they were created by default with world-readable permissions. Users and systems administrators may want to proactively change permissions on existing ~/rediscli_history files, instead of waiting for the updated redis-cli to do so the next time it is run.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id92642
    published2016-08-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/92642
    titleDebian DSA-3634-1 : redis - security update
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2017-4B176C1694.NASL
    descriptionUpstream 3.2.8 ---- Upstream 3.2.7 (important security fix) ---- Security fix for CVE-2013-7458 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2017-06-22
    plugin id100970
    published2017-06-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100970
    titleFedora 24 : redis (2017-4b176c1694)