Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-12178 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Tianocore EDK II

047910
CVSS 9.1 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
tianocore
CWE-119
critical
nessus

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

Part Description Count
Application
Tianocore
1

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 familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2019-0581-1.NASL
    descriptionThis 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122775
    published2019-03-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122775
    titleSUSE 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 familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-4349-1.NASL
    descriptionA 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 seen2020-05-08
    modified2020-05-01
    plugin id136282
    published2020-05-01
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136282
    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.10 : edk2 vulnerabilities (USN-4349-1)
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idAL2_ALAS-2019-1273.NASL
    descriptionLogic 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id128287
    published2019-08-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128287
    titleAmazon Linux 2 : edk2 (ALAS-2019-1273)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2019-348.NASL
    descriptionThis 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).&#9; This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122963
    published2019-03-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122963
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : ovmf (openSUSE-2019-348)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2019-1083.NASL
    descriptionThis 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id123543
    published2019-04-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123543
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : ovmf (openSUSE-2019-1083)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2019-0580-1.NASL
    descriptionThis 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122774
    published2019-03-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122774
    titleSUSE SLES15 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2019:0580-1)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2019-3B96BB5186.NASL
    descriptionUse 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id124486
    published2019-05-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124486
    titleFedora 30 : edk2 (2019-3b96bb5186)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2019-0579-1.NASL
    descriptionThis 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122773
    published2019-03-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122773
    titleSUSE SLES12 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2019:0579-1)