Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-11798 - File and Directory Information Exposure vulnerability in Apache Thrift

047910
CVSS 6.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
apache
CWE-538
nessus
NVD
Published: 2019-01-07
Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

The Apache Thrift Node.js static web server in versions 0.9.2 through 0.11.0 have been determined to contain a security vulnerability in which a remote user has the ability to access files outside the set webservers docroot path.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Apache
4

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Footprinting
    An attacker engages in probing and exploration activity to identify constituents and properties of the target. Footprinting is a general term to describe a variety of information gathering techniques, often used by attackers in preparation for some attack. It consists of using tools to learn as much as possible about the composition, configuration, and security mechanisms of the targeted application, system or network. Information that might be collected during a footprinting effort could include open ports, applications and their versions, network topology, and similar information. While footprinting is not intended to be damaging (although certain activities, such as network scans, can sometimes cause disruptions to vulnerable applications inadvertently) it may often pave the way for more damaging attacks.
  • WSDL Scanning
    This attack targets the WSDL interface made available by a web service. The attacker may scan the WSDL interface to reveal sensitive information about invocation patterns, underlying technology implementations and associated vulnerabilities. This type of probing is carried out to perform more serious attacks (e.g. parameter tampering, malicious content injection, command injection, etc.). WSDL files provide detailed information about the services ports and bindings available to consumers. For instance, the attacker can submit special characters or malicious content to the Web service and can cause a denial of service condition or illegal access to database records. In addition, the attacker may try to guess other private methods by using the information provided in the WSDL files.

Nessus

NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-1458.NASL
descriptionAccording to the versions of the thrift packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - The Apache Thrift Node.js static web server in versions 0.9.2 through 0.11.0 have been determined to contain a security vulnerability in which a remote user has the ability to access files outside the set webservers docroot path.(CVE-2018-11798) - Apache Thrift Java client library versions 0.5.0 through 0.11.0 can bypass SASL negotiation isComplete validation in the org.apache.thrift.transport.TSaslTransport class. An assert used to determine if the SASL handshake had successfully completed could be disabled in production settings making the validation incomplete.(CVE-2018-1320) 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 seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id124961
published2019-05-14
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124961
titleEulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : thrift (EulerOS-SA-2019-1458)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(124961);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/17");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2018-11798",
    "CVE-2018-1320"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0 : thrift (EulerOS-SA-2019-1458)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security
updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the versions of the thrift packages installed, the
EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by
the following vulnerabilities :

  - The Apache Thrift Node.js static web server in versions
    0.9.2 through 0.11.0 have been determined to contain a
    security vulnerability in which a remote user has the
    ability to access files outside the set webservers
    docroot path.(CVE-2018-11798)

  - Apache Thrift Java client library versions 0.5.0
    through 0.11.0 can bypass SASL negotiation isComplete
    validation in the
    org.apache.thrift.transport.TSaslTransport class. An
    assert used to determine if the SASL handshake had
    successfully completed could be disabled in production
    settings making the validation
    incomplete.(CVE-2018-1320)

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.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-1458
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?2772eb01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected thrift packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/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:H/A:N");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/05/07");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/05/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:thrift-lib-cpp");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:thrift-lib-python");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:3.0.1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");

  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/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (uvp != "3.0.1.0") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.1.0");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i686 / x86_64", cpu);

flag = 0;

pkgs = ["thrift-lib-cpp-0.11.0-3",
        "thrift-lib-python-0.11.0-3"];

foreach (pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", 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, "thrift");
}

Redhat

advisories
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2019:1545
  • rhsa
    idRHSA-2019:3140

References