Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-12178 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Tianocore EDK II
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Buffer overflow in network stack for EDK II may allow unprivileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via network.
Vulnerable Configurations
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Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2019-0581-1.NASL description This update for ovmf fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-12180: Fixed a buffer overflow in BlockIo service, which could lead to memory read/write overrun (bsc#1127820). CVE-2018-12178: Fixed an improper DNS check upon receiving a new DNS packet (bsc#1127821). CVE-2018-3630: Fixed a logic error in FV parsing which could allow a local attacker to bypass the chain of trust checks (bsc#1127822). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 122775 published 2019-03-12 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/122775 title SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2019:0581-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2019:0581-1. # The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(122775); script_version("1.5"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/02/05"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-12178", "CVE-2018-12180", "CVE-2018-3630"); script_name(english:"SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2019:0581-1)"); script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "This update for ovmf fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-12180: Fixed a buffer overflow in BlockIo service, which could lead to memory read/write overrun (bsc#1127820). CVE-2018-12178: Fixed an improper DNS check upon receiving a new DNS packet (bsc#1127821). CVE-2018-3630: Fixed a logic error in FV parsing which could allow a local attacker to bypass the chain of trust checks (bsc#1127822). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127820" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127821" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127822" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12178/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12180/" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3630/" ); # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20190581-1/ script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9ed0dc58" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product : SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-581=1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-581=1" ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-12180"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ovmf"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ovmf-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/27"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 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/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list"); 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, "SUSE"); os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release); if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE"); os_ver = os_ver[1]; if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES12", "SUSE " + os_ver); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu); if (cpu >!< "x86_64") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", cpu); sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel"); if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0"; if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP4", os_ver + " SP" + sp); flag = 0; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ovmf-2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.8.3")) flag++; if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"ovmf-tools-2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.8.3")) 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, "ovmf"); }
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-4349-1.NASL description A buffer overflow was discovered in the network stack. An unprivileged user could potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service. This issue was already fixed in a previous release for 18.04 LTS and 19.10. (CVE-2018-12178) A buffer overflow was discovered in BlockIo service. An unauthenticated user could potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service. This issue was already fixed in a previous release for 18.04 LTS and 19.10. (CVE-2018-12180) A stack overflow was discovered in bmp. An unprivileged user could potentially enable denial of service or elevation of privilege via local access. This issue was already fixed in a previous release for 18.04 LTS and 19.10. (CVE-2018-12181) It was discovered that memory was not cleared before free that could lead to potential password leak. (CVE-2019-14558) A memory leak was discovered in ArpOnFrameRcvdDpc. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2019-14559) An integer overflow was discovered in MdeModulePkg/PiDxeS3BootScriptLib. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or other unspecified impact. (CVE-2019-14563) It was discovered that the affected version doesn last seen 2020-05-08 modified 2020-05-01 plugin id 136282 published 2020-05-01 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136282 title Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.10 : edk2 vulnerabilities (USN-4349-1) NASL family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks NASL id AL2_ALAS-2019-1273.NASL description Logic error in FV parsing in MdeModulePkg\Core\Pei\FwVol\FwVol.c (CVE-2018-3630) Logic issue in variable service module for EDK II/UDK2018/UDK2017/UDK2015 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access. (CVE-2017-5734) A missing check leads to an out-of-bounds read and write flaw in NetworkPkg/DnsDxe as shipped in edk2, when it parses DNS responses. A remote attacker who controls the DNS server used by the vulnerable firmware may use this flaw to make the system crash. (CVE-2018-3613) improper DNS packet size check (CVE-2018-12178) Privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in Decode() function (CVE-2017-5735) Privilege escalation via heap-based buffer overflow in MakeTable() function (CVE-2017-5733) Privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in TianoCompress.c (CVE-2017-5731) Privilege escalation via processing of malformed files in BaseUefiDecompressLib.c (CVE-2017-5732) A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in edk2 when the HII database contains a Bitmap that claims to be 4-bit or 8-bit per pixel, but the palette contains more than 16(2^4) or 256(2^8) colors. (CVE-2018-12181) Buffer overflow in BlockIo service for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via network access. (CVE-2018-12180) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 128287 published 2019-08-28 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128287 title Amazon Linux 2 : edk2 (ALAS-2019-1273) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-348.NASL description This update for ovmf fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-12180: Fixed a buffer overflow in BlockIo service, which could lead to memory read/write overrun (bsc#1127820). - CVE-2018-12178: Fixed an improper DNS check upon receiving a new DNS packet (bsc#1127821). - CVE-2018-3630: Fixed a logic error in FV parsing which could allow a local attacker to bypass the chain of trust checks (bsc#1127822).	 This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 122963 published 2019-03-20 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/122963 title openSUSE Security Update : ovmf (openSUSE-2019-348) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-1083.NASL description This update for ovmf fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : - CVE-2018-12180: Fixed a buffer overflow in BlockIo service, which could lead to memory read/write overrun (bsc#1127820). - CVE-2018-12178: Fixed an improper DNS check upon receiving a new DNS packet (bsc#1127821). - CVE-2018-3630: Fixed a logic error in FV parsing which could allow a local attacker to bypass the chain of trust checks (bsc#1127822). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 123543 published 2019-04-01 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/123543 title openSUSE Security Update : ovmf (openSUSE-2019-1083) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2019-0580-1.NASL description This update for ovmf fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-12180: Fixed a buffer overflow in BlockIo service, which could lead to memory read/write overrun (bsc#1127820). CVE-2018-12178: Fixed an improper DNS check upon receiving a new DNS packet (bsc#1127821). CVE-2018-3630: Fixed a logic error in FV parsing which could allow a local attacker to bypass the chain of trust checks (bsc#1127822). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 122774 published 2019-03-12 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/122774 title SUSE SLES15 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2019:0580-1) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-3B96BB5186.NASL description Use YYYYMMDD versioning to fix upgrade path ---- - Update to stable-201903 - Update to openssl-1.1.0j - Move to python3 deps Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 124486 published 2019-05-02 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/124486 title Fedora 30 : edk2 (2019-3b96bb5186) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2019-0579-1.NASL description This update for ovmf fixes the following issues : Security issues fixed : CVE-2018-12180: Fixed a buffer overflow in BlockIo service, which could lead to memory read/write overrun (bsc#1127820). CVE-2018-12178: Fixed an improper DNS check upon receiving a new DNS packet (bsc#1127821). CVE-2018-3630: Fixed a logic error in FV parsing which could allow a local attacker to bypass the chain of trust checks (bsc#1127822). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 122773 published 2019-03-12 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/122773 title SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2019:0579-1)
References
- https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/dns-pack-size-check.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00046.html
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4349-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ABTDKZK2G5XP6JCO3HXMPOA2NRTIYDZ/