Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-1000178 - Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in multiple products

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4189. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(109556);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/13 12:30:47");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1000178", "CVE-2018-1000179");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4189");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4189-1 : quassel - 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:
"Two vulnerabilities were found in the Quassel IRC client, which could
result in the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service.

Note that you need to restart the 'quasselcore' service after
upgrading the Quassel packages."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/quassel"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/quassel"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/quassel"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4189"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the quassel packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been
fixed in version 1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u4.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1."
  );
  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:debian:debian_linux:quassel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/05/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/05/04");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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:"quassel", reference:"1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"quassel-client", reference:"1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"quassel-client-kde4", reference:"1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"quassel-core", reference:"1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"quassel-data", reference:"1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"quassel-data-kde4", reference:"1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"quassel-kde4", reference:"1:0.10.0-2.3+deb8u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"quassel", reference:"1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"quassel-client", reference:"1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"quassel-client-kde4", reference:"1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"quassel-core", reference:"1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"quassel-data", reference:"1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"quassel-kde4", reference:"1:0.12.4-2+deb9u1")) 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_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2018-409.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(109536);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1000178", "CVE-2018-1000179");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : quassel (openSUSE-2018-409)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2018-409 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 quassel fixes the following issues :

Security fixes (boo#1090495) :

  - CVE-2018-1000178: A heap metadata corruption in
    qdatastream could have been exploited to launch an
    unauthenticated remote code execution

  - CVE-2018-1000179: A remote attacker could have caused a
    Denial of Service attack by initiating login attempts
    before the core got initialized

The following tracked packaging change is included :

  - boo#1069468: no longer use /var/adm/fillup-templates

This update also includes various small bug fixes in the upstream
0.12.4 release."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1069468"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1090495"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected quassel packages."
  );
  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:novell:opensuse:quassel-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:quassel-client");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:quassel-client-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:quassel-client-qt5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:quassel-client-qt5-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:quassel-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:quassel-core-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:quassel-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:quassel-mono");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:quassel-mono-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/05/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/05/03");
  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 !~ "^(x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", ourarch);

flag = 0;

if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"quassel-base-0.12.5-5.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"quassel-client-0.12.5-5.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"quassel-client-debuginfo-0.12.5-5.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"quassel-client-qt5-0.12.5-5.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"quassel-client-qt5-debuginfo-0.12.5-5.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"quassel-core-0.12.5-5.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"quassel-core-debuginfo-0.12.5-5.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"quassel-debugsource-0.12.5-5.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"quassel-mono-0.12.5-5.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"quassel-mono-debuginfo-0.12.5-5.3.1") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "quassel-base / quassel-client / quassel-client-debuginfo / etc");
}

#%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-1370-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(109584);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1000178");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1370-1 : quassel 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 found that the Quassel IRC client was vulnerable to a remote
code execution vulnerability due to insufficient checks in the
deserializer code.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version
0.8.0-1+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your quassel 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/2018/05/msg00001.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/quassel"
  );
  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_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:debian:debian_linux:quassel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quassel-client");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quassel-client-kde4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quassel-core");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quassel-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quassel-data-kde4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:quassel-kde4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/05/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/05/07");
  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:"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:"quassel", reference:"0.8.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"quassel-client", reference:"0.8.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"quassel-client-kde4", reference:"0.8.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"quassel-core", reference:"0.8.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"quassel-data", reference:"0.8.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"quassel-data-kde4", reference:"0.8.0-1+deb7u4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"quassel-kde4", reference:"0.8.0-1+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");

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201806-04.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(110525);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/09/04 13:20:07");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1000178", "CVE-2018-1000179");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201806-04");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201806-04 : Quassel: Multiple vulnerabilities");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201806-04
(Quassel: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Quassel. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could cause arbitrary code execution or a Denial of
      Service condition.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201806-04"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Quassel users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-irc/quassel-0.12.5'"
  );
  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:gentoo:linux:quassel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/06/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/06/14");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"net-irc/quassel", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.12.5"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.12.5"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Quassel");
}