Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-17840 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Open-Iscsi Project Open-Iscsi 2.0.873/2.0.874/2.0.875

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
open-iscsi-project
CWE-119
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in Open-iSCSI through 2.0.875. A local attacker can cause the iscsiuio server to abort or potentially execute code by sending messages with incorrect lengths, which (due to lack of checking) can lead to buffer overflows, and result in aborts (with overflow checking enabled) or code execution. The process_iscsid_broadcast function in iscsiuio/src/unix/iscsid_ipc.c does not validate the payload length before a write operation.

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-2019-2596.NASL
descriptionAccording to the version of the iscsi-initiator-utils packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - An issue was discovered in Open-iSCSI through 2.0.875. A local attacker can cause the iscsiuio server to abort or potentially execute code by sending messages with incorrect lengths, which (due to lack of checking) can lead to buffer overflows, and result in aborts (with overflow checking enabled) or code execution. The process_iscsid_broadcast function in iscsiuio/src/unix/iscsid_ipc.c does not validate the payload length before a write operation.(CVE-2017-17840) 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 id132131
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/132131
titleEulerOS 2.0 SP3 : iscsi-initiator-utils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2596)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(132131);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/07");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2017-17840"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : iscsi-initiator-utils (EulerOS-SA-2019-2596)");
  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 iscsi-initiator-utils packages
installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by
the following vulnerability :

  - An issue was discovered in Open-iSCSI through 2.0.875.
    A local attacker can cause the iscsiuio server to abort
    or potentially execute code by sending messages with
    incorrect lengths, which (due to lack of checking) can
    lead to buffer overflows, and result in aborts (with
    overflow checking enabled) or code execution. The
    process_iscsid_broadcast function in
    iscsiuio/src/unix/iscsid_ipc.c does not validate the
    payload length before a write
    operation.(CVE-2017-17840)

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-2019-2596
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?150ab163");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected iscsi-initiator-utils package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/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:L/AC:L/PR:L/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:"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:iscsi-initiator-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio");
  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 = ["iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.873-33.2.h26",
        "iscsi-initiator-utils-iscsiuio-6.2.0.873-33.2.h26"];

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_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, "iscsi-initiator-utils");
}