Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-5522 - 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
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in MapServer before 6.0.6, 6.2.x before 6.2.4, 6.4.x before 6.4.5, and 7.0.x before 7.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via vectors involving WFS get feature requests.
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 Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-790.NASL description It was discovered that mapserver, a CGI-based framework for Internet map services, was vulnerable to a stack-based overflow. This issue allowed a remote user to crash the service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2017-01-20 plugin id 96634 published 2017-01-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96634 title Debian DLA-790-1 : mapserver 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-790-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(96634); script_version("3.7"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5522"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-790-1 : mapserver 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: "It was discovered that mapserver, a CGI-based framework for Internet map services, was vulnerable to a stack-based overflow. This issue allowed a remote user to crash the service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 6.0.1-3.2+deb7u4. We recommend that you upgrade your mapserver packages. 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/2017/01/msg00026.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/mapserver" ); 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:cgi-mapserver"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmapscript-perl"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmapscript-ruby"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmapscript-ruby1.8"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libmapscript-ruby1.9.1"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mapserver-bin"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mapserver-doc"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:php5-mapscript"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-mapscript"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/20"); 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:"cgi-mapserver", reference:"6.0.1-3.2+deb7u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libmapscript-perl", reference:"6.0.1-3.2+deb7u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libmapscript-ruby", reference:"6.0.1-3.2+deb7u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libmapscript-ruby1.8", reference:"6.0.1-3.2+deb7u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libmapscript-ruby1.9.1", reference:"6.0.1-3.2+deb7u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"mapserver-bin", reference:"6.0.1-3.2+deb7u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"mapserver-doc", reference:"6.0.1-3.2+deb7u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"php5-mapscript", reference:"6.0.1-3.2+deb7u4")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"python-mapscript", reference:"6.0.1-3.2+deb7u4")) 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 family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3766.NASL description It was discovered that mapserver, a CGI-based framework for Internet map services, was vulnerable to a stack-based overflow. This issue allowed a remote user to crash the service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 96637 published 2017-01-20 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96637 title Debian DSA-3766-1 : mapserver - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3766. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(96637); script_version("3.7"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:38"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5522"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3766"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3766-1 : mapserver - 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 mapserver, a CGI-based framework for Internet map services, was vulnerable to a stack-based overflow. This issue allowed a remote user to crash the service, or potentially execute arbitrary code." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/mapserver" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3766" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the mapserver packages. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 6.4.1-5+deb8u3." ); 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:mapserver"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/19"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/20"); 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:"cgi-mapserver", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmapscript-java", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmapscript-perl", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmapscript-ruby", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmapscript-ruby1.8", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmapscript-ruby1.9.1", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmapserver1", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmapserver1-dbg", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libmapserver1-dev", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"mapserver-bin", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"mapserver-doc", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"php5-mapscript", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"python-mapscript", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"ruby-mapscript", reference:"6.4.1-5+deb8u3")) 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 family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-93ED1D1687.NASL description Update to 7.0.4 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-01-30 plugin id 96847 published 2017-01-30 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/96847 title Fedora 25 : mapserver (2017-93ed1d1687) code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2017-93ed1d1687. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(96847); script_version("3.5"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-5522"); script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2017-93ed1d1687"); script_name(english:"Fedora 25 : mapserver (2017-93ed1d1687)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Update to 7.0.4 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. 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://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-93ed1d1687" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mapserver package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); 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_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mapserver"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:25"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/03/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/01/29"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/01/30"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); 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:"Fedora Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list"); 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/RedHat/release"); if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^25([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 25", "Fedora " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"FC25", reference:"mapserver-7.0.4-1.gitb4bc015.fc25")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_HOLE, 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, "mapserver"); }
References
- https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/mapserver-dev/2017-January/015007.html
- https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/commit/e52a436c0e1c5e9f7ef13428dba83194a800f4df
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-7-0.html#changelog-7-0-4
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-4.html#changelog-6-4-5
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-2-4.html#changelog-6-2-4
- http://www.mapserver.org/development/changelog/changelog-6-0-6.html#changelog-6-0-6
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3766