Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-0490 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in multiple products

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
torproject
debian
CWE-476
nessus

Summary

An issue was discovered in Tor before 0.2.9.15, 0.3.1.x before 0.3.1.10, and 0.3.2.x before 0.3.2.10. The directory-authority protocol-list subprotocol implementation allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and directory-authority crash) via a misformatted relay descriptor that is mishandled during voting.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Torproject
385
OS
Debian
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-223.NASL
    descriptionThis update for tor to version 0.3.2.10 fixes security issues and bugs. The following vulnerabilities were fixed : - CVE-2018-0490: remote crash vulnerability against directory authorities (boo#1083845, TROVE-2018-001) - CVE-2018-0491: remote relay crash (boo#1083846, TROVE-2018-002) This new upstream stable version also contains a new system for improved resistance to DoS attacks against relays and various other bug fixes.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-03-07
    plugin id107179
    published2018-03-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107179
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : tor (openSUSE-2018-223)
    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-2018-223.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(107179);
      script_version("1.7");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2018-0490", "CVE-2018-0491");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : tor (openSUSE-2018-223)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2018-223 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 tor to version 0.3.2.10 fixes security issues and
    bugs.
    
    The following vulnerabilities were fixed :
    
      - CVE-2018-0490: remote crash vulnerability against
        directory authorities (boo#1083845, TROVE-2018-001)
    
      - CVE-2018-0491: remote relay crash (boo#1083846,
        TROVE-2018-002)
    
    This new upstream stable version also contains a new system for
    improved resistance to DoS attacks against relays and various other
    bug fixes."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1083845"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1083846"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected tor packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
      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_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tor-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/03/05");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/06");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/03/07");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      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\.3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "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:"SUSE42.3", reference:"tor-0.3.2.10-15.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"tor-debuginfo-0.3.2.10-15.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"tor-debugsource-0.3.2.10-15.1") ) 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, "tor / tor-debuginfo / tor-debugsource");
    }
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4183.NASL
    descriptionIt has been discovered that Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system, contains a protocol-list handling bug that could be used to remotely crash directory authorities with a NULL pointer exception (TROVE-2018-001).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id109412
    published2018-04-30
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/109412
    titleDebian DSA-4183-1 : tor - security update