Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-3248 - Resource Exhaustion vulnerability in Openhpi 3.5.0

047910
CVSS 4.7 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
local
high complexity
openhpi
CWE-400
nessus
NVD
Published: 2017-09-26
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

openhpi/Makefile.am in OpenHPI before 3.6.0 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/openhpi directory, which allows local users, when quotas are not properly setup, to fill the filesystem hosting /var/lib and cause a denial of service (disk consumption).

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Openhpi
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • XML Ping of the Death
    An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages that will require extra processing on the target.
  • XML Entity Expansion
    An attacker submits an XML document to a target application where the XML document uses nested entity expansion to produce an excessively large output XML. XML allows the definition of macro-like structures that can be used to simplify the creation of complex structures. However, this capability can be abused to create excessive demands on a processor's CPU and memory. A small number of nested expansions can result in an exponential growth in demands on memory.
  • Inducing Account Lockout
    An attacker leverages the security functionality of the system aimed at thwarting potential attacks to launch a denial of service attack against a legitimate system user. Many systems, for instance, implement a password throttling mechanism that locks an account after a certain number of incorrect log in attempts. An attacker can leverage this throttling mechanism to lock a legitimate user out of their own account. The weakness that is being leveraged by an attacker is the very security feature that has been put in place to counteract attacks.
  • Violating Implicit Assumptions Regarding XML Content (aka XML Denial of Service (XDoS))
    XML Denial of Service (XDoS) can be applied to any technology that utilizes XML data. This is, of course, most distributed systems technology including Java, .Net, databases, and so on. XDoS is most closely associated with web services, SOAP, and Rest, because remote service requesters can post malicious XML payloads to the service provider designed to exhaust the service provider's memory, CPU, and/or disk space. The main weakness in XDoS is that the service provider generally must inspect, parse, and validate the XML messages to determine routing, workflow, security considerations, and so on. It is exactly these inspection, parsing, and validation routines that XDoS targets. There are three primary attack vectors that XDoS can navigate Target CPU through recursion: attacker creates a recursive payload and sends to service provider Target memory through jumbo payloads: service provider uses DOM to parse XML. DOM creates in memory representation of XML document, but when document is very large (for example, north of 1 Gb) service provider host may exhaust memory trying to build memory objects. XML Ping of death: attack service provider with numerous small files that clog the system. All of the above attacks exploit the loosely coupled nature of web services, where the service provider has little to no control over the service requester and any messages the service requester sends.

Nessus

  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2015-2369.NASL
    descriptionUpdated openhpi packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. OpenHPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing an implementation of the SA Forum
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id86985
    published2015-11-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86985
    titleRHEL 7 : openhpi (RHSA-2015:2369)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2015:2369. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(86985);
  script_version("2.13");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/24 15:35:40");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3248");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2015:2369");

  script_name(english:"RHEL 7 : openhpi (RHSA-2015:2369)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated openhpi packages that fix one security issue, several bugs,
and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

OpenHPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing
an implementation of the SA Forum's Hardware Platform Interface (HPI).
HPI provides an abstracted interface to managing computer hardware,
typically for chassis and rack based servers. HPI includes resource
modeling, access to and control over sensor, control, watchdog, and
inventory data associated with resources, abstracted System Event Log
interfaces, hardware events and alerts, and a managed hotswap
interface.

It was found that the '/var/lib/openhpi' directory provided by OpenHPI
used world-writeable and world-readable permissions. A local user
could use this flaw to view, modify, and delete OpenHPI-related data,
or even fill up the storage device hosting the /var/lib directory.
(CVE-2015-3248)

This issue was discovered by Marko Myllynen of Red Hat.

The openhpi packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.4.0,
which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the
previous version. (BZ#1127908)

This update also fixes the following bug :

* Network timeouts were handled incorrectly in the openhpid daemon. As
a consequence, network connections could fail when external plug-ins
were used. With this update, handling of network socket timeouts has
been improved in openhpid, and the described problem no longer occurs.
(BZ#1208127)

All openhpi users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which correct these issues and add these enhancements."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2369"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-3248"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/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:redhat:enterprise_linux:openhpi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openhpi-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openhpi-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:openhpi-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.7");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/09/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/11/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/11/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.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) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 7.x", "Red Hat " + 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$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);

yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo)) 
{
  rhsa = "RHSA-2015:2369";
  yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
  if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : yum_report 
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
    audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
  }
}
else
{
  flag = 0;
  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"openhpi-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"openhpi-debuginfo-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"openhpi-devel-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;

  if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL7", reference:"openhpi-libs-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;


  if (flag)
  {
    security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
    );
    exit(0);
  }
  else
  {
    tested = pkg_tests_get();
    if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
    else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "openhpi / openhpi-debuginfo / openhpi-devel / openhpi-libs");
  }
}
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20151119_OPENHPI_ON_SL7_X.NASL
    descriptionIt was found that the
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2015-12-22
    plugin id87565
    published2015-12-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87565
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : openhpi on SL7.x x86_64 (20151119)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(87565);
  script_version("2.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/02/25");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3248");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : openhpi on SL7.x x86_64 (20151119)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was found that the '/var/lib/openhpi' directory provided by OpenHPI
used world-writeable and world-readable permissions. A local user
could use this flaw to view, modify, and delete OpenHPI-related data,
or even fill up the storage device hosting the /var/lib directory.
(CVE-2015-3248)

The openhpi packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.4.0,
which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the
previous version.

This update also fixes the following bug :

  - Network timeouts were handled incorrectly in the
    openhpid daemon. As a consequence, network connections
    could fail when external plug-ins were used. With this
    update, handling of network socket timeouts has been
    improved in openhpid, and the described problem no
    longer occurs."
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1512&L=scientific-linux-errata&F=&S=&P=8750
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8b0f319d"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openhpi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openhpi-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openhpi-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:openhpi-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/09/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/11/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/12/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.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) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Scientific Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Scientific Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 7.x", "Scientific Linux " + 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 (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"openhpi-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"openhpi-debuginfo-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"openhpi-devel-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"openhpi-libs-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    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, "openhpi / openhpi-debuginfo / openhpi-devel / openhpi-libs");
}
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2015-2369.NASL
    descriptionUpdated openhpi packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. OpenHPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing an implementation of the SA Forum
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id87153
    published2015-12-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87153
    titleCentOS 7 : openhpi (CESA-2015:2369)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2015:2369 and 
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2015:2369 respectively.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(87153);
  script_version("2.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/02");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3248");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2015:2369");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 7 : openhpi (CESA-2015:2369)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated openhpi packages that fix one security issue, several bugs,
and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

OpenHPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing
an implementation of the SA Forum's Hardware Platform Interface (HPI).
HPI provides an abstracted interface to managing computer hardware,
typically for chassis and rack based servers. HPI includes resource
modeling, access to and control over sensor, control, watchdog, and
inventory data associated with resources, abstracted System Event Log
interfaces, hardware events and alerts, and a managed hotswap
interface.

It was found that the '/var/lib/openhpi' directory provided by OpenHPI
used world-writeable and world-readable permissions. A local user
could use this flaw to view, modify, and delete OpenHPI-related data,
or even fill up the storage device hosting the /var/lib directory.
(CVE-2015-3248)

This issue was discovered by Marko Myllynen of Red Hat.

The openhpi packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.4.0,
which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the
previous version. (BZ#1127908)

This update also fixes the following bug :

* Network timeouts were handled incorrectly in the openhpid daemon. As
a consequence, network connections could fail when external plug-ins
were used. With this update, handling of network socket timeouts has
been improved in openhpid, and the described problem no longer occurs.
(BZ#1208127)

All openhpi users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which correct these issues and add these enhancements."
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2015-November/002515.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?23c1fa60"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected openhpi packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-3248");
  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:centos:centos:openhpi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openhpi-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:openhpi-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:7");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/09/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/11/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/12/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/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/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 7.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/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, "CentOS", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"openhpi-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"openhpi-devel-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"openhpi-libs-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  cr_plugin_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: The security advisory associated with this vulnerability has a\n' +
    'fixed package version that may only be available in the continuous\n' +
    'release (CR) repository for CentOS, until it is present in the next\n' +
    'point release of CentOS.\n\n' +

    'If an equal or higher package level does not exist in the baseline\n' +
    'repository for your major version of CentOS, then updates from the CR\n' +
    'repository will need to be applied in order to address the\n' +
    'vulnerability.\n';
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get() + cr_plugin_caveat
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "openhpi / openhpi-devel / openhpi-libs");
}
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2015-2369.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2015:2369 : Updated openhpi packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. OpenHPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing an implementation of the SA Forum
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id87036
    published2015-11-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/87036
    titleOracle Linux 7 : openhpi (ELSA-2015-2369)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2015:2369 and 
# Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2015-2369 respectively.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(87036);
  script_version("1.8");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/27 13:00:36");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-3248");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2015:2369");

  script_name(english:"Oracle Linux 7 : openhpi (ELSA-2015-2369)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"From Red Hat Security Advisory 2015:2369 :

Updated openhpi packages that fix one security issue, several bugs,
and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security
impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

OpenHPI is an open source project created with the intent of providing
an implementation of the SA Forum's Hardware Platform Interface (HPI).
HPI provides an abstracted interface to managing computer hardware,
typically for chassis and rack based servers. HPI includes resource
modeling, access to and control over sensor, control, watchdog, and
inventory data associated with resources, abstracted System Event Log
interfaces, hardware events and alerts, and a managed hotswap
interface.

It was found that the '/var/lib/openhpi' directory provided by OpenHPI
used world-writeable and world-readable permissions. A local user
could use this flaw to view, modify, and delete OpenHPI-related data,
or even fill up the storage device hosting the /var/lib directory.
(CVE-2015-3248)

This issue was discovered by Marko Myllynen of Red Hat.

The openhpi packages have been upgraded to upstream version 3.4.0,
which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the
previous version. (BZ#1127908)

This update also fixes the following bug :

* Network timeouts were handled incorrectly in the openhpid daemon. As
a consequence, network connections could fail when external plug-ins
were used. With this update, handling of network socket timeouts has
been improved in openhpid, and the described problem no longer occurs.
(BZ#1208127)

All openhpi users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which correct these issues and add these enhancements."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2015-November/005568.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected openhpi packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/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:oracle:linux:openhpi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openhpi-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:openhpi-libs");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/09/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/11/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/11/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Oracle Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/OracleLinux", "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);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/OracleLinux")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux");
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || !pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux)", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Oracle (?:Linux Server|Enterprise Linux) .*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Oracle Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Oracle Linux 7", "Oracle Linux " + 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, "Oracle Linux", cpu);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"openhpi-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"openhpi-devel-3.4.0-2.el7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"EL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"openhpi-libs-3.4.0-2.el7")) 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, "openhpi / openhpi-devel / openhpi-libs");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2015-10944.NASL
    descriptionfix /var/lib/openhpi permissions (#1233521). 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 seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-10-08
    plugin id86312
    published2015-10-08
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86312
    titleFedora 22 : openhpi-3.4.0-2.fc22 (2015-10944)

Redhat

advisories
bugzilla
id1233520
titleCVE-2015-3248 openhpi: world writable /var/lib/openhpi directory
oval
OR
  • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20150364027
    • OR
      • AND
        • commentopenhpi-devel is earlier than 0:3.4.0-2.el7
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20152369001
        • commentopenhpi-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20152369002
      • AND
        • commentopenhpi-libs is earlier than 0:3.4.0-2.el7
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20152369003
        • commentopenhpi-libs is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20152369004
      • AND
        • commentopenhpi is earlier than 0:3.4.0-2.el7
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20152369005
        • commentopenhpi is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
          ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20152369006
rhsa
idRHSA-2015:2369
released2015-11-19
severityLow
titleRHSA-2015:2369: openhpi security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low)
rpms
  • openhpi-0:3.4.0-2.el7
  • openhpi-debuginfo-0:3.4.0-2.el7
  • openhpi-devel-0:3.4.0-2.el7
  • openhpi-libs-0:3.4.0-2.el7

References