Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-15707 - 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
apache
netapp
oracle
CWE-20
nessus

Summary

In Apache Struts 2.5 to 2.5.14, the REST Plugin is using an outdated JSON-lib library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted JSON payload.

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 familyMisc.
NASL idSTRUTS_2_5_14_1.NASL
descriptionThe version of Apache Struts running on the remote host is 2.5.x prior to 2.5.14.1. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified flaw that is triggered when parsing JSON. This allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service. Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id105005
published2017-12-04
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/105005
titleApache Struts 2.5.x < 2.5.14.1 Json-lib JSON Parsing Unspecified DoS (S2-054) (S2-055)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(105005);
  script_version("1.12");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-7525", "CVE-2017-15707");
  script_bugtraq_id(99623, 102021);

  script_name(english:"Apache Struts 2.5.x < 2.5.14.1 Json-lib JSON Parsing Unspecified DoS (S2-054) (S2-055)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the Struts 2 version.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"A web application running on the remote host uses a Java framework
that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Apache Struts running on the remote host is 2.5.x
prior to 2.5.14.1. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified flaw
that is triggered when parsing JSON. This allows a remote attacker to
cause a denial of service.

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://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/Version+Notes+2.5.14.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-054");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/WW/S2-055");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.14.1 or later or apply the
workaround as referenced in the vendor's security bulletin.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"all");
  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:POC/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:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-7525");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/11/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/11/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/12/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"combined");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:apache:struts");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Misc.");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("os_fingerprint.nasl", "struts_detect_win.nbin", "struts_detect_nix.nbin", "struts_config_browser_detect.nbin");
  script_require_keys("Settings/ParanoidReport");
  script_require_ports("installed_sw/Apache Struts", "installed_sw/Struts");

  exit(0);
}

include("vcf.inc");

if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);


app_info = vcf::combined_get_app_info(app:"Apache Struts");

vcf::check_granularity(app_info:app_info, sig_segments:3);

constraints = [
  { "min_version" : "2.5.0", "max_version" : "2.5.14", "fixed_version" : "2.5.14.1" }
];

vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
description### Summary A crafted JSON request can be used to perform a DoS attack when using the Struts REST plugin | | | | :------------ | :------------ | | Who should read this | All Struts 2 developers and users which are using the REST plugin | | Impact of vulnerability | A DoS attack is possible when using outdated json-lib with the Struts REST plugin | | Maximum security rating | Medium | | Recommendation | Upgrade to Struts 2.5.14.1 | | Affected Software | Struts 2.5 - Struts 2.5.14 | | Reporter | Huijun Chen, XiaoLong Zhu - Huawei Technologies | | CVE Identifier | CVE-2017-15707 | ### Problem The REST Plugin is using an outdated JSON-lib library which is vulnerable and allow perform a DoS attack using malicious request with specially crafted JSON payload. ### Solution Upgrade to Apache Struts version 2.5.14.1. Another solution is to use the Jackson handler instead of the default JSON-lib handler as described here. ### Backward compatibility No backward incompatibility issues are expected. ### Workaround Use Jackson handler instead of the default JSON-lib handler as described here.
idSSV:96912
last seen2017-12-25
modified2017-12-01
published2017-12-01
reporterRoot
titleApache Struts2 S2-054(CVE-2017-15707)