Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-1113 - Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource vulnerability in Redhat products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
LOW Integrity impact
LOW Availability impact
LOW Summary
setup before version 2.11.4-1.fc28 in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux added /sbin/nologin and /usr/sbin/nologin to /etc/shells. This violates security assumptions made by pam_shells and some daemons which allow access based on a user's shell being listed in /etc/shells. Under some circumstances, users which had their shell changed to /sbin/nologin could still access the system.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 7 | |
OS | 1 | |
OS | 4 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs In applications, particularly web applications, access to functionality is mitigated by the authorization framework, whose job it is to map ACLs to elements of the application's functionality; particularly URL's for web apps. In the case that the administrator failed to specify an ACL for a particular element, an attacker may be able to access it with impunity. An attacker with the ability to access functionality not properly constrained by ACLs can obtain sensitive information and possibly compromise the entire application. Such an attacker can access resources that must be available only to users at a higher privilege level, can access management sections of the application or can run queries for data that he is otherwise not supposed to.
- Privilege Abuse An adversary is able to exploit features of the target that should be reserved for privileged users or administrators but are exposed to use by lower or non-privileged accounts. Access to sensitive information and functionality must be controlled to ensure that only authorized users are able to access these resources. If access control mechanisms are absent or misconfigured, a user may be able to access resources that are intended only for higher level users. An adversary may be able to exploit this to utilize a less trusted account to gain information and perform activities reserved for more trusted accounts. This attack differs from privilege escalation and other privilege stealing attacks in that the adversary never actually escalates their privileges but instead is able to use a lesser degree of privilege to access resources that should be (but are not) reserved for higher privilege accounts. Likewise, the adversary does not exploit trust or subvert systems - all control functionality is working as configured but the configuration does not adequately protect sensitive resources at an appropriate level.
- Directory Indexing An adversary crafts a request to a target that results in the target listing/indexing the content of a directory as output. One common method of triggering directory contents as output is to construct a request containing a path that terminates in a directory name rather than a file name since many applications are configured to provide a list of the directory's contents when such a request is received. An adversary can use this to explore the directory tree on a target as well as learn the names of files. This can often end up revealing test files, backup files, temporary files, hidden files, configuration files, user accounts, script contents, as well as naming conventions, all of which can be used by an attacker to mount additional attacks.
- Accessing, Modifying or Executing Executable Files An attack of this type exploits a system's configuration that allows an attacker to either directly access an executable file, for example through shell access; or in a possible worst case allows an attacker to upload a file and then execute it. Web servers, ftp servers, and message oriented middleware systems which have many integration points are particularly vulnerable, because both the programmers and the administrators must be in synch regarding the interfaces and the correct privileges for each interface.
- Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels An attacker exploits a weakness in the configuration of access controls and is able to bypass the intended protection that these measures guard against and thereby obtain unauthorized access to the system or network. Sensitive functionality should always be protected with access controls. However configuring all but the most trivial access control systems can be very complicated and there are many opportunities for mistakes. If an attacker can learn of incorrectly configured access security settings, they may be able to exploit this in an attack. Most commonly, attackers would take advantage of controls that provided too little protection for sensitive activities in order to perform actions that should be denied to them. In some circumstances, an attacker may be able to take advantage of overly restrictive access control policies, initiating denial of services (if an application locks because it unexpectedly failed to be granted access) or causing other legitimate actions to fail due to security. The latter class of attacks, however, is usually less severe and easier to detect than attacks based on inadequate security restrictions. This attack pattern differs from CAPEC 1, "Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs" in that the latter describes attacks where sensitive functionality lacks access controls, where, in this pattern, the access control is present, but incorrectly configured.
Nessus
NASL family NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks NASL id NEWSTART_CGSL_NS-SA-2019-0075_SETUP.NASL description The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has setup packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - Setup in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux added /sbin/nologin and /usr/sbin/nologin to /etc/shells. This violates security assumptions made by pam_shells and some daemons which allow access based on a user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 127282 published 2019-08-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/127282 title NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : setup Vulnerability (NS-SA-2019-0075) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from ZTE advisory NS-SA-2019-0075. The text # itself is copyright (C) ZTE, Inc. include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(127282); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/17 14:31:04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1113"); script_name(english:"NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04 : setup Vulnerability (NS-SA-2019-0075)"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "The remote machine is affected by a vulnerability."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version CORE 5.04 / MAIN 5.04, has setup packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability: - Setup in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux added /sbin/nologin and /usr/sbin/nologin to /etc/shells. This violates security assumptions made by pam_shells and some daemons which allow access based on a user's shell being listed in /etc/shells. Under some circumstances, users which had their shell changed to /sbin/nologin could still access the system. (CVE-2018-1113) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://security.gd-linux.com/notice/NS-SA-2019-0075"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the vulnerable CGSL setup packages. Note that updated packages may not be available yet. Please contact ZTE for more information."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-1113"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/07/03"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/07/17"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/08/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/ZTE-CGSL/release", "Host/ZTE-CGSL/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/ZTE-CGSL/release"); if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^CGSL (MAIN|CORE)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "NewStart Carrier Grade Server Linux"); if (release !~ "CGSL CORE 5.04" && release !~ "CGSL MAIN 5.04") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'NewStart CGSL CORE 5.04 / NewStart CGSL MAIN 5.04'); if (!get_kb_item("Host/ZTE-CGSL/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "NewStart Carrier Grade Server Linux", cpu); flag = 0; pkgs = { "CGSL CORE 5.04": [ "setup-2.8.71-10.el7" ], "CGSL MAIN 5.04": [ "setup-2.8.71-10.el7" ] }; pkg_list = pkgs[release]; foreach (pkg in pkg_list) if (rpm_check(release:"ZTE " + release, reference:pkg)) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, extra : rpm_report_get() ); exit(0); } else { tested = pkg_tests_get(); if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested); else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "setup"); }
NASL family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks NASL id ORACLELINUX_ELSA-2018-3249.NASL description From Red Hat Security Advisory 2018:3249 : An update for setup is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section. The setup package contains a set of important default system configuration and setup files. Examples include /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/profile. Other examples are the default lists of reserved user IDs, reserved ports, reserved protocols, allowed shells, allowed secure terminals. Security Fix(es) : * setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations (CVE-2018-1113) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 118781 published 2018-11-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118781 title Oracle Linux 7 : setup (ELSA-2018-3249) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-F47268ACD5.NASL description - don last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2019-01-03 plugin id 120908 published 2019-01-03 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120908 title Fedora 28 : setup (2018-f47268acd5) NASL family Scientific Linux Local Security Checks NASL id SL_20181030_SETUP_ON_SL7_X.NASL description Security Fix(es) : - setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations (CVE-2018-1113) last seen 2020-03-18 modified 2018-11-27 plugin id 119199 published 2018-11-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119199 title Scientific Linux Security Update : setup on SL7.x (noarch) (20181030) NASL family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks NASL id AL2_ALAS-2019-1158.NASL description Setup in Amazon Linux 2 added /sbin/nologin and /usr/sbin/nologin to /etc/shells. This violates security assumptions made by pam_shells and some daemons which allow access based on a user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 122159 published 2019-02-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122159 title Amazon Linux 2 : setup (ALAS-2019-1158) NASL family CentOS Local Security Checks NASL id CENTOS_RHSA-2018-3249.NASL description An update for setup is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section. The setup package contains a set of important default system configuration and setup files. Examples include /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/profile. Other examples are the default lists of reserved user IDs, reserved ports, reserved protocols, allowed shells, allowed secure terminals. Security Fix(es) : * setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations (CVE-2018-1113) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 119001 published 2018-11-16 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119001 title CentOS 7 : setup (CESA-2018:3249) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2018-1421.NASL description According to the version of the setup package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations (CVE-2018-1113) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-06 modified 2018-12-28 plugin id 119910 published 2018-12-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119910 title EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : setup (EulerOS-SA-2018-1421) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2018-1394.NASL description According to the version of the setup package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations (CVE-2018-1113) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-05-15 modified 2018-12-10 plugin id 119522 published 2018-12-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119522 title EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : setup (EulerOS-SA-2018-1394) NASL family Huawei Local Security Checks NASL id EULEROS_SA-2019-1409.NASL description According to the version of the setup package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - setup before version 2.11.4-1.fc28 in Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux added /sbin/nologin and /usr/sbin/nologin to /etc/shells. This violates security assumptions made by pam_shells and some daemons which allow access based on a user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 124912 published 2019-05-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124912 title EulerOS Virtualization for ARM 64 3.0.1.0 : setup (EulerOS-SA-2019-1409) NASL family Red Hat Local Security Checks NASL id REDHAT-RHSA-2018-3249.NASL description An update for setup is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section. The setup package contains a set of important default system configuration and setup files. Examples include /etc/passwd, /etc/group, and /etc/profile. Other examples are the default lists of reserved user IDs, reserved ports, reserved protocols, allowed shells, allowed secure terminals. Security Fix(es) : * setup: nologin listed in /etc/shells violates security expectations (CVE-2018-1113) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes : For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Release Notes linked from the References section. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 118538 published 2018-10-31 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118538 title RHEL 7 : setup (RHSA-2018:3249)
Redhat
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rpms | setup-0:2.8.71-10.el7 |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3249
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3249
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1113
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1113