Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-0491 - Use After Free vulnerability in Torproject TOR

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
torproject
CWE-416
nessus
exploit available

Summary

A use-after-free issue was discovered in Tor 0.3.2.x before 0.3.2.10. It allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (relay crash) because the KIST implementation allows a channel to be added more than once in the pending list.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Exploit-Db

  • descriptionTor Browser < 0.3.2.10 - Use After Free (PoC). CVE-2018-0491. Dos exploit for Linux platform
    idEDB-ID:44994
    last seen2018-07-09
    modified2018-07-09
    published2018-07-09
    reporterExploit-DB
    sourcehttps://www.exploit-db.com/download/44994/
    titleTor Browser < 0.3.2.10 - Use After Free (PoC)
  • idEDB-ID:44994

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");
}

Packetstorm

data sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/148454/torbrowser-uaf.txt
idPACKETSTORM:148454
last seen2018-07-10
published2018-07-09
reportert4rkd3vilz
sourcehttps://packetstormsecurity.com/files/148454/Tor-Browser-0.3.2.x-Use-After-Free.html
titleTor Browser 0.3.2.x Use-After-Free