Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-8073 - 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
WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow.
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 FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_81433129291611E7AD3E00E04C1EA73D.NASL description Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures : WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 99646 published 2017-04-25 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/99646 title FreeBSD : weechat -- multiple vulnerabilities (81433129-2916-11e7-ad3e-00e04c1ea73d) 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(99646); script_version("3.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/12/19 13:21:18"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8073"); script_name(english:"FreeBSD : weechat -- multiple vulnerabilities (81433129-2916-11e7-ad3e-00e04c1ea73d)"); 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: "Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures : WeeChat before 1.7.1 allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. 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NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-9CCEF781A6.NASL description Fix for CVE-2017-8073 and various other changes. See https://weechat.org/files/changelog/ChangeLog-devel.html#v1.7.1 for full changelog. 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 2017-05-10 plugin id 100075 published 2017-05-10 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/100075 title Fedora 24 : weechat (2017-9ccef781a6) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-20DD9F26CF.NASL description Fix for CVE-2017-8073 and various other changes. See https://weechat.org/files/changelog/ChangeLog-devel.html#v1.7.1 for full changelog. 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 2017-05-10 plugin id 100072 published 2017-05-10 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/100072 title Fedora 25 : weechat (2017-20dd9f26cf) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2017-536.NASL description This update for weechat fixes one security issues : - CVE-2017-8073: WeeChat allowed a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. This occurs in the irc_ctcp_dcc_filename_without_quotes function during quote removal, with a buffer overflow (bsc#1036467). last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2017-05-03 plugin id 99958 published 2017-05-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/99958 title openSUSE Security Update : weechat (openSUSE-2017-536) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2020-DB890B4800.NASL description New version, fixes a lot of bugs (some of them security). In the same update, fixed up epel7 build to latest version as well. 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 2020-03-20 modified 2020-03-18 plugin id 134639 published 2020-03-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134639 title Fedora 31 : weechat (2020-db890b4800) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2020-4D232B48B8.NASL description New version, fixes a lot of bugs (some of them security). In the same update, fixed up epel7 build to latest version as well. 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 2020-03-20 modified 2020-03-18 plugin id 134635 published 2020-03-18 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/134635 title Fedora 30 : weechat (2020-4d232b48b8) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-919.NASL description WeeChat before allows a remote crash by sending a filename via DCC to the IRC plugin. For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2017-04-27 plugin id 99693 published 2017-04-27 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/99693 title Debian DLA-919-1 : weechat security update NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2017-FDA9CB3A3A.NASL description Fix for CVE-2017-8073 and various other changes. See https://weechat.org/files/changelog/ChangeLog-devel.html#v1.7.1 for full changelog. 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 2017-07-17 plugin id 101754 published 2017-07-17 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/101754 title Fedora 26 : weechat (2017-fda9cb3a3a) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-3836.NASL description It was discovered that weechat, a fast and light chat client, is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the IRC plugin, allowing a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service by sending a specially crafted filename via DCC. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 99716 published 2017-04-28 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/99716 title Debian DSA-3836-1 : weechat - security update
References
- https://weechat.org/news/95/20170422-Version-1.7.1/
- https://weechat.org/download/security/
- https://github.com/weechat/weechat/commit/2fb346f25f79e412cf0ed314fdf791763c19b70b
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97987
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3836
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ASRTCQFFDAAK347URWNDH6NSED2BGNY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ER23GT23US5JXDLUZAMGMWXKZ74MI4S2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/M3LAJTLI3LWZRNCFYJ7PCBBTHUMCCBHH/