Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-10188 - Use After Free vulnerability in Bitlbee

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
bitlbee
CWE-416
nessus

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in bitlbee-libpurple before 3.5 allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a file transfer connection to expire.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-3853.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that bitlbee, an IRC to other chat networks gateway, contained issues that allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (via application crash), or potentially execute arbitrary commands.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id100178
    published2017-05-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100178
    titleDebian DSA-3853-1 : bitlbee - security update
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3853. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(100178);
      script_version("3.5");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:38");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2016-10188", "CVE-2016-10189");
      script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3853");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3853-1 : bitlbee - security update");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "It was discovered that bitlbee, an IRC to other chat networks gateway,
    contained issues that allowed a remote attacker to cause a denial of
    service (via application crash), or potentially execute arbitrary
    commands."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/bitlbee"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3853"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "Upgrade the bitlbee packages.
    
    For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
    in version 3.2.2-2+deb8u1.
    
    For the upcoming stable (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions,
    these problems have been fixed in version 3.5-1."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:debian:debian_linux:bitlbee");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/05/15");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/05/16");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("debian_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"bitlbee", reference:"3.2.2-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"bitlbee-common", reference:"3.2.2-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"bitlbee-dev", reference:"3.2.2-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"bitlbee-libpurple", reference:"3.2.2-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"bitlbee-plugin-otr", reference:"3.2.2-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-832.NASL
    descriptionCVE-2017-5668 Fix for incomplete fix for
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2017-02-24
    plugin id97356
    published2017-02-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/97356
    titleDebian DLA-832-1 : bitlbee security update
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-832-1. The text
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(97356);
      script_version("3.6");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2016-10188", "CVE-2016-10189", "CVE-2017-5668");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DLA-832-1 : bitlbee security update");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "CVE-2017-5668 Fix for incomplete fix for 'NULL pointer dereference
    with file transfer request from unknown contacts'. (Though this
    package wasn't in Wheezy with this issue, I mention it here. The fix
    was done with the second patch for CVE-2016-10189)
    
    CVE-2016-10189 NULL pointer dereference with file transfer request
    from unknown contacts.
    
    CVE-2016-10188 deactivate any incoming file transfer for bitlbee This
    affects any libpurple protocol when used through BitlBee. It does not
    affect other libpurple-based clients such as pidgin.
    
    NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
    block directly from the DLA security advisory. 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/02/msg00023.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/bitlbee"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:debian:debian_linux:bitlbee");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bitlbee-common");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bitlbee-dev");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bitlbee-libpurple");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bitlbee-plugin-otr");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/02/20");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/02/24");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("debian_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"bitlbee", reference:"3.0.5-1.2+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"bitlbee-common", reference:"3.0.5-1.2+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"bitlbee-dev", reference:"3.0.5-1.2+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"bitlbee-libpurple", reference:"3.0.5-1.2+deb7u1")) flag++;
    if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"bitlbee-plugin-otr", reference:"3.0.5-1.2+deb7u1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");