Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-1200 - Race Condition vulnerability in PXZ Project PXZ 4.999.99

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Race condition in pxz 4.999.99 Beta 3 uses weak file permissions for the output file when compressing a file before changing the permission to match the original file, which allows local users to bypass the intended access restrictions.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Pxz_Project
1

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Leveraging Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
  • Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2020-07FCBFDDBD.NASL
    description - Update to GIT 20200421 - Added patch against race condition in setting permissions on output file (#1182024) - Added patch to revert environment redirect allowing `export XZ_OPT=
    last seen2020-05-06
    modified2020-04-30
    plugin id136148
    published2020-04-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136148
    titleFedora 31 : pxz (2020-07fcbfddbd)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2020-07fcbfddbd.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(136148);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1200");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2020-07fcbfddbd");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 31 : pxz (2020-07fcbfddbd)");
      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 GIT 20200421
    
      - Added patch against race condition in setting
        permissions on output file (#1182024)
    
      - Added patch to revert environment redirect allowing
        `export XZ_OPT='-9'` or similar
    
    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."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-07fcbfddbd"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected pxz package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:pxz");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/01/23");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/30");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/04/30");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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 = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^31([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 31", "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:"FC31", reference:"pxz-4.999.9-19.beta.20200421git.fc31")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "pxz");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2020-C9EB911737.NASL
    description - Update to GIT 20200421 - Added patch against race condition in setting permissions on output file (#1182024) - Added patch to revert environment redirect allowing `export XZ_OPT=
    last seen2020-05-08
    modified2020-05-04
    plugin id136300
    published2020-05-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136300
    titleFedora 30 : pxz (2020-c9eb911737)