Vulnerabilities > CVE-2015-5218 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 2.1 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
kernel
opensuse
opensuse-project
CWE-119
nessus
NVD
Published: 2015-11-09
Updated: 2018-10-30

Summary

Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Kernel
104
OS
Opensuse
2
OS
Opensuse_Project
1

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.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-2678.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.(CVE-2015-5218) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-08
    modified2019-12-18
    plugin id132213
    published2019-12-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132213
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP3 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-2678)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(132213);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/07");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2015-5218"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-2678)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the
EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following
vulnerability :

  - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in
    util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a
    denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related
    to the page global variable.(CVE-2015-5218)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-2678
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1be3bdfa");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected util-linux package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/12/18");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/12/18");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libblkid");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libblkid-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libmount");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libuuid");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libuuid-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:util-linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:uuidd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp");
  script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");

  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/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0");

sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp");
if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP3");

uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP3", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu);

flag = 0;

pkgs = ["libblkid-2.23.2-33.2.h5",
        "libblkid-devel-2.23.2-33.2.h5",
        "libmount-2.23.2-33.2.h5",
        "libuuid-2.23.2-33.2.h5",
        "libuuid-devel-2.23.2-33.2.h5",
        "util-linux-2.23.2-33.2.h5",
        "uuidd-2.23.2-33.2.h5"];

foreach (pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"3", reference:pkg)) 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, "util-linux");
}
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1994.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.(CVE-2015-5218) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-08
    modified2019-09-23
    plugin id129136
    published2019-09-23
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129136
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP5 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-1994)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(129136);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/07");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2015-5218"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-1994)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the
EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following
vulnerability :

  - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in
    util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a
    denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related
    to the page global variable.(CVE-2015-5218)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-1994
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8b842811");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected util-linux package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/09/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/09/23");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libblkid");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libblkid-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libmount");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libuuid");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libuuid-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:util-linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:uuidd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp");
  script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");

  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/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0");

sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp");
if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(5)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP5");

uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP5", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu);

flag = 0;

pkgs = ["libblkid-2.23.2-52.1.h7.eulerosv2r7",
        "libblkid-devel-2.23.2-52.1.h7.eulerosv2r7",
        "libmount-2.23.2-52.1.h7.eulerosv2r7",
        "libuuid-2.23.2-52.1.h7.eulerosv2r7",
        "libuuid-devel-2.23.2-52.1.h7.eulerosv2r7",
        "util-linux-2.23.2-52.1.h7.eulerosv2r7",
        "uuidd-2.23.2-52.1.h7.eulerosv2r7"];

foreach (pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"5", reference:pkg)) 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, "util-linux");
}
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2020-1243.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.(CVE-2015-5218) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-19
    modified2020-03-13
    plugin id134532
    published2020-03-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134532
    titleEulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2020-1243)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(134532);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/19");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2015-5218"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.2.0 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2020-1243)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the
EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is
affected by the following vulnerability :

  - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in
    util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a
    denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related
    to the page global variable.(CVE-2015-5218)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2020-1243
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1cce8af9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected util-linux package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/03/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/03/13");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libblkid");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libmount");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:libuuid");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:util-linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:3.0.2.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

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

  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/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (uvp != "3.0.2.0") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.0");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
if ("aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "aarch64", cpu);

flag = 0;

pkgs = ["libblkid-2.23.2-52.1.h8",
        "libmount-2.23.2-52.1.h8",
        "libuuid-2.23.2-52.1.h8",
        "util-linux-2.23.2-52.1.h8"];

foreach (pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", reference:pkg)) 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, "util-linux");
}
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-2463.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the version of the util-linux packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - Buffer overflow in text-utils/colcrt.c in colcrt in util-linux before 2.27 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted file, related to the page global variable.(CVE-2015-5218) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-08
    modified2019-12-04
    plugin id131616
    published2019-12-04
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131616
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP2 : util-linux (EulerOS-SA-2019-2463)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2015-702.NASL
    descriptionutil-linux was updated to fix one security issue. This security issue was fixed : - CVE-2015-5218: Prevent colcrt buffer overflow (bsc#949754). This non-security issue was fixed : - bsc#903440: Calendar
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2015-11-05
    plugin id86737
    published2015-11-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/86737
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : util-linux (openSUSE-2015-702)

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