Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-4478 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding.
Vulnerable Configurations
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 family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2016-590.NASL description This update for atheme fixes the following issues : - CVE-2016-4478: Under certain circumstances, a remote attacker could cause denial of service due to a buffer overflow in the XMLRPC response encoding code (boo#978170) - CVE-2014-9773: Remote attacker could change Atheme last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2016-05-18 plugin id 91207 published 2016-05-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91207 title openSUSE Security Update : atheme (openSUSE-2016-590) 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-2016-590. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(91207); script_version("2.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9773", "CVE-2016-4478"); script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : atheme (openSUSE-2016-590)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2016-590 patch"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update for atheme fixes the following issues : - CVE-2016-4478: Under certain circumstances, a remote attacker could cause denial of service due to a buffer overflow in the XMLRPC response encoding code (boo#978170) - CVE-2014-9773: Remote attacker could change Atheme's behavior by registering/dropping certain accounts/nicks (boo#978170) The version update to 7.2.6 also contains a number of upstream fixes." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=978170" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected atheme packages." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:atheme"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:atheme-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:atheme-debugsource"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:atheme-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libathemecore1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libathemecore1-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/05/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/05/18"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2020 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\.2|SUSE42\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "13.2 / 42.1", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"atheme-7.2.6-2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"atheme-debuginfo-7.2.6-2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"atheme-debugsource-7.2.6-2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"atheme-devel-7.2.6-2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"libathemecore1-7.2.6-2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.2", reference:"libathemecore1-debuginfo-7.2.6-2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.1", reference:"atheme-7.2.6-5.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.1", reference:"atheme-debuginfo-7.2.6-5.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.1", reference:"atheme-debugsource-7.2.6-5.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.1", reference:"atheme-devel-7.2.6-5.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.1", reference:"libathemecore1-7.2.6-5.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.1", reference:"libathemecore1-debuginfo-7.2.6-5.1") ) 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, "atheme / atheme-debuginfo / atheme-debugsource / atheme-devel / etc"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3586.NASL description It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the XMLRPC response encoding code of the Atheme IRC services may result in denial of service. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 91300 published 2016-05-24 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/91300 title Debian DSA-3586-1 : atheme-services - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3586. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(91300); script_version("2.8"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:37"); script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4478"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3586"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3586-1 : atheme-services - 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 a buffer overflow in the XMLRPC response encoding code of the Atheme IRC services may result in denial of service." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/atheme-services" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the atheme-services packages. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 6.0.11-2+deb8u1." ); 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_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:debian:debian_linux:atheme-services"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/05/23"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/05/24"); 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:"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:"atheme-services", reference:"6.0.11-2+deb8u1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_E47AB5DBC33311E6AE1B002590263BF5.NASL description Mitre reports : modules/chanserv/flags.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to modify the Anope FLAGS behavior by registering and dropping the (1) LIST, (2) CLEAR, or (3) MODIFY keyword nicks. Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 95909 published 2016-12-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/95909 title FreeBSD : atheme-services -- multiple vulnerabilities (e47ab5db-c333-11e6-ae1b-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(95909); script_version("3.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:46"); script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9773", "CVE-2016-4478"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : atheme-services -- multiple vulnerabilities (e47ab5db-c333-11e6-ae1b-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: "Mitre reports : modules/chanserv/flags.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to modify the Anope FLAGS behavior by registering and dropping the (1) LIST, (2) CLEAR, or (3) MODIFY keyword nicks. Buffer overflow in the xmlrpc_char_encode function in modules/transport/xmlrpc/xmlrpclib.c in Atheme before 7.2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via vectors related to XMLRPC response encoding." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=209217" ); # https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?34af9c85" ); # https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/c597156adc60a45b5f827793cd420945f47bc03b script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d6511750" ); # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/e47ab5db-c333-11e6-ae1b-002590263bf5.html script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2a193e90" ); 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:P/A:N"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:atheme-services"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/01/09"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/12/16"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/12/16"); 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:"atheme-services<7.2.7")) 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");
References
- https://github.com/atheme/atheme/commit/87580d767868360d2fed503980129504da84b63e
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00061.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/02/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3586