Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-8825 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Libetpan Project Libetpan

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
libetpan-project
CWE-476
nessus

Summary

A null dereference vulnerability has been found in the MIME handling component of LibEtPan before 1.8, as used in MailCore and MailCore 2. A crash can occur in low-level/imf/mailimf.c during a failed parse of a Cc header containing multiple e-mail addresses.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_5760003234FE11E78965BCAEC524BF84.NASL
    descriptionrwhitworth reports : I was using American Fuzzy Lop (afl-fuzz) to fuzz input to the mime-parse test program. Is fixing these crashes something you
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id100081
    published2017-05-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2017-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/100081
    titleFreeBSD : libetpan -- null dereference vulnerability in MIME parsing component (57600032-34fe-11e7-8965-bcaec524bf84)
    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(100081);
      script_version("3.4");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:46");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8825");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : libetpan -- null dereference vulnerability in MIME parsing component (57600032-34fe-11e7-8965-bcaec524bf84)");
      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:
    "rwhitworth reports :
    
    I was using American Fuzzy Lop (afl-fuzz) to fuzz input to the
    mime-parse test program. Is fixing these crashes something you're
    interested in? The input files can be found here :
    https://github.com/rwhitworth/libetpan-fuzz/.
    
    The files can be executed as ./mime-parse id_filename to cause seg
    faults."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://cve.circl.lu/cve/CVE-2017-8825"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/57600032-34fe-11e7-8965-bcaec524bf84.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?965cc2f0"
      );
      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:N/A:P");
      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_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libetpan");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/04/29");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/05/09");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/05/10");
      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:"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:"libetpan<1.8")) 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");
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-41.NASL
    descriptionThis update for libetpan fixes the following issues : - CVE-2017-8825: Segmentation faults in mime handling were fixed.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-01-16
    plugin id106068
    published2018-01-16
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106068
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : libetpan (openSUSE-2018-41)
    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-2018-41.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(106068);
      script_version("3.3");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8825");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : libetpan (openSUSE-2018-41)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2018-41 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 libetpan fixes the following issues :
    
      - CVE-2017-8825: Segmentation faults in mime handling were
        fixed."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1038061"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected libetpan packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
      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_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libetpan-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libetpan-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libetpan17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libetpan17-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/01/15");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/01/16");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 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 !~ "^(SUSE42\.2|SUSE42\.3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "42.2 / 42.3", 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:"SUSE42.2", reference:"libetpan-debugsource-1.6-5.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.2", reference:"libetpan-devel-1.6-5.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.2", reference:"libetpan17-1.6-5.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.2", reference:"libetpan17-debuginfo-1.6-5.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"libetpan-debugsource-1.6-8.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"libetpan-devel-1.6-8.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"libetpan17-1.6-8.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"libetpan17-debuginfo-1.6-8.1") ) 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, "libetpan-debugsource / libetpan-devel / libetpan17 / etc");
    }