Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-2277 - Improper Access Control vulnerability in Perltidy Project Perltidy
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
NONE Summary
The make_temporary_filename function in perltidy 20120701-1 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack, related to use of the tmpnam function.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Embedding Scripts within Scripts An attack of this type exploits a programs' vulnerabilities that are brought on by allowing remote hosts to execute scripts. The attacker leverages this capability to execute scripts to execute his/her own script by embedding it within other scripts that the target software is likely to execute. The attacker must have the ability to inject script into script that is likely to be executed. If this is done, then the attacker can potentially launch a variety of probes and attacks against the web server's local environment, in many cases the so-called DMZ, back end resources the web server can communicate with, and other hosts. With the proliferation of intermediaries, such as Web App Firewalls, network devices, and even printers having JVMs and Web servers, there are many locales where an attacker can inject malicious scripts. Since this attack pattern defines scripts within scripts, there are likely privileges to execute said attack on the host. Of course, these attacks are not solely limited to the server side, client side scripts like Ajax and client side JavaScript can contain malicious scripts as well. In general all that is required is for there to be sufficient privileges to execute a script, but not protected against writing.
- Signature Spoofing by Key Theft An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by theft and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.
Nessus
NASL family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ALA_ALAS-2014-356.NASL description It was discovered that perltidy last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 78299 published 2014-10-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/78299 title Amazon Linux AMI : perltidy (ALAS-2014-356) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2014-356. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(78299); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:35"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2277"); script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2014-356"); script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : perltidy (ALAS-2014-356)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "It was discovered that perltidy's make_temporary_filename() function insecurely created temporary files via the use of the tmpnam() function. A local attacker could use this flaw to perform a symbolic link attack." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-356.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Run 'yum update perltidy' to update your system." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:perltidy"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/06/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/10/12"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc."); script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/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/AmazonLinux/release"); if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (os_ver != "A") { if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI'; audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver); } if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"perltidy-20121207-3.8.amzn1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_note(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "perltidy"); }NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-3891.NASL description Update to 20130922, apply fix for CVE-2014-2277. http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHANCOCK/Perl-Tidy-20130922/CHANGES 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 2014-03-25 plugin id 73169 published 2014-03-25 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/73169 title Fedora 19 : perltidy-20130922-1.fc19 (2014-3891) 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 2014-3891. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(73169); script_version("1.8"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2277"); script_bugtraq_id(66139); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-3891"); script_name(english:"Fedora 19 : perltidy-20130922-1.fc19 (2014-3891)"); 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: "Update to 20130922, apply fix for CVE-2014-2277. http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHANCOCK/Perl-Tidy-20130922/CHANGES 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." ); # http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHANCOCK/Perl-Tidy-20130922/CHANGES script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?57a11dbd" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074720" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130464.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?0a9dceef" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected perltidy package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"); 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:perltidy"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/03/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/03/25"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); 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:"^19([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 19.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC19", reference:"perltidy-20130922-1.fc19")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_note(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "perltidy"); }NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2014-3874.NASL description Update to 20130922, apply fix for CVE-2014-2277. http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHANCOCK/Perl-Tidy-20130922/CHANGES 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 2014-03-25 plugin id 73168 published 2014-03-25 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/73168 title Fedora 20 : perltidy-20130922-1.fc20 (2014-3874) 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 2014-3874. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(73168); script_version("1.8"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2277"); script_bugtraq_id(66139); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-3874"); script_name(english:"Fedora 20 : perltidy-20130922-1.fc20 (2014-3874)"); 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: "Update to 20130922, apply fix for CVE-2014-2277. http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHANCOCK/Perl-Tidy-20130922/CHANGES 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." ); # http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/SHANCOCK/Perl-Tidy-20130922/CHANGES script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?57a11dbd" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074720" ); # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130479.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7bd902dd" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected perltidy package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"); 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:perltidy"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/03/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/03/25"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); 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:"^20([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 20.x", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC20", reference:"perltidy-20130922-1.fc20")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get()); else security_note(0); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "perltidy"); }
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130464.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-March/130479.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/09/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66139
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074720
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/92104