Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-1380 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
privoxy
oracle
opensuse
CWE-20
nessus

Summary

jcc.c in Privoxy before 3.0.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (abort) via a crafted chunk-encoded body.

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 familyFirewalls
    NASL idPRIVOXY_3_0_23.NASL
    descriptionAccording to its self-reported version number, the version of Privoxy running on the remote host is prior to 3.0.23. It is, therefore, potentially affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities : - A flaw exists in the chunked_body_is_complete() function in
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id81516
    published2015-02-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81516
    titlePrivoxy < 3.0.23 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(81516);
      script_version("1.4");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/15 20:50:22");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1380", "CVE-2015-1381", "CVE-2015-1382");
      script_bugtraq_id(72354, 72355, 72360);
    
      script_name(english:"Privoxy < 3.0.23 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities");
      script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Privoxy.");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
    "The remote web proxy is affected by multiple denial of service
    vulnerabilities.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
    "According to its self-reported version number, the version of Privoxy
    running on the remote host is prior to 3.0.23. It is, therefore,
    potentially affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :
    
      - A flaw exists in the chunked_body_is_complete() function
        in 'jcc.c' due to improper processing of invalid
        chunk-encoded bodies. A remote attacker, using a
        specially crafted client request, can cause the Privoxy
        instance to abort. (CVE-2015-1380)
    
      - Multiple flaws exist in the pcrs_compile_replacement()
        function in 'pcrs.c' when handling backreferences.
        Remote attackers can exploit these flaws to cause a
        segmentation fault or memory consumption.
        (CVE-2015-1381)
    
      - An invalid read flaw in 'parsers.c' allows a remote
        attacker, via an HTTP request with a specially-crafted
        time header, to cause a denial of service condition.
        (CVE-2015-1382)
    
    Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead
    relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://sourceforge.net/p/ijbswa/mailman/message/33089172/");
      # http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/jcc.c?r1=1.433&r2=1.434
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?02038803");
      # http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/pcrs.c?r1=1.46&r2=1.47
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e70b2d80");
      # http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/parsers.c?r1=1.297&r2=1.298
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fc0894c2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Privoxy version 3.0.23 or later.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
      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:"exploit_available", value:"false");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/01/26");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/01/26");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/02/25");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:privoxy:privoxy");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_family(english:"Firewalls");
    
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
    
      script_dependencies("privoxy_detect.nasl");
      script_require_keys("www/Privoxy", "Settings/ParanoidReport");
      script_require_ports("Services/www", 8118);
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    include("http.inc");
    include("webapp_func.inc");
    
    if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);
    
    port = get_http_port(default:8118);
    app_name = "Privoxy";
    
    install = get_install_from_kb(
      appname      : app_name,
      port         : port,
      exit_on_fail : TRUE
    );
    
    version = install["ver"];
    if (version == UNKNOWN_VER) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_WEB_SERVER_VER, app_name, port);
    
    install_url = build_url(qs:install["dir"], port:port);
    fix = "3.0.23";
    
    # Versions < 3.0.23 are vulnerable
    if (ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) < 0)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0)
      {
        report =
          '\n  URL               : ' + install_url +
          '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
          '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fix +
          '\n';
        security_warning(port:port, extra:report);
      }
      else security_warning(port);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_LISTEN_NOT_VULN, app_name, port, version);
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2015-115.NASL
    descriptionprivoxy was updated to version 3.0.23 to fix three security issues. These security issues were fixed : - Fixed a DoS issue in case of client requests with incorrect chunk-encoded body. When compiled with assertions enabled (the default) they could previously cause Privoxy to abort() (CVE-2015-1380). - Fixed multiple segmentation faults and memory leaks in the pcrs code. This fix also increases the chances that an invalid pcrs command is rejected as such (CVE-2015-1381). - Client requests with body that can
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-02-09
    plugin id81241
    published2015-02-09
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/81241
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : privoxy (openSUSE-2015-115)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2015-115.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(81241);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1380", "CVE-2015-1381", "CVE-2015-1382");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : privoxy (openSUSE-2015-115)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2015-115 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "privoxy was updated to version 3.0.23 to fix three security issues.
    
    These security issues were fixed :
    
      - Fixed a DoS issue in case of client requests with
        incorrect chunk-encoded body. When compiled with
        assertions enabled (the default) they could previously
        cause Privoxy to abort() (CVE-2015-1380).
    
      - Fixed multiple segmentation faults and memory leaks in
        the pcrs code. This fix also increases the chances that
        an invalid pcrs command is rejected as such
        (CVE-2015-1381).
    
      - Client requests with body that can't be delivered no
        longer cause pipelined requests behind them to be
        rejected as invalid (CVE-2015-1382)."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=914934"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected privoxy packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:privoxy");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:privoxy-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:privoxy-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/01/30");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/02/09");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      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/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE13\.1|SUSE13\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "13.1 / 13.2", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"privoxy-3.0.23-2.20.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"privoxy-debuginfo-3.0.23-2.20.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"privoxy-debugsource-3.0.23-2.20.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"privoxy-3.0.23-8.8.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"privoxy-debuginfo-3.0.23-8.8.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"privoxy-debugsource-3.0.23-8.8.1") ) 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, "privoxy / privoxy-debuginfo / privoxy-debugsource");
    }
    
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_D9E1B569C3D811E5B5FE002590263BF5.NASL
    descriptionPrivoxy Developers reports : Fixed a DoS issue in case of client requests with incorrect chunk-encoded body. When compiled with assertions enabled (the default) they could previously cause Privoxy to abort(). Reported by Matthew Daley. CVE-2015-1380. Fixed multiple segmentation faults and memory leaks in the pcrs code. This fix also increases the chances that an invalid pcrs command is rejected as such. Previously some invalid commands would be loaded without error. Note that Privoxy
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id88153
    published2016-01-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/88153
    titleFreeBSD : privoxy -- multiple vulnerabilities (d9e1b569-c3d8-11e5-b5fe-002590263bf5)
    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(88153);
      script_version("2.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/23 12:49:57");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2015-1380", "CVE-2015-1381", "CVE-2015-1382");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : privoxy -- multiple vulnerabilities (d9e1b569-c3d8-11e5-b5fe-002590263bf5)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Privoxy Developers reports :
    
    Fixed a DoS issue in case of client requests with incorrect
    chunk-encoded body. When compiled with assertions enabled (the
    default) they could previously cause Privoxy to abort(). Reported by
    Matthew Daley. CVE-2015-1380.
    
    Fixed multiple segmentation faults and memory leaks in the pcrs code.
    This fix also increases the chances that an invalid pcrs command is
    rejected as such. Previously some invalid commands would be loaded
    without error. Note that Privoxy's pcrs sources (action and filter
    files) are considered trustworthy input and should not be writable by
    untrusted third-parties. CVE-2015-1381.
    
    Fixed an 'invalid read' bug which could at least theoretically cause
    Privoxy to crash. So far, no crashes have been observed.
    CVE-2015-1382."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=197089"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.privoxy.org/3.0.23/user-manual/whatsnew.html"
      );
      # http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/26/4
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/26/4"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/d9e1b569-c3d8-11e5-b5fe-002590263bf5.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1c6e4de9"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:privoxy");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2015/01/26");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/01/26");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/01/26");
      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:"privoxy<3.0.23")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");