Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-15120 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
libpango in Pango 1.40.8 through 1.42.3, as used in hexchat and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted text with invalid Unicode sequences.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
---|---|---|
Application | 13 | |
OS | 1 |
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.
Exploit-Db
description | Libpango 1.40.8 - Denial of Service (PoC). CVE-2018-15120. Dos exploit for Linux platform |
file | exploits/linux/dos/45263.sh |
id | EDB-ID:45263 |
last seen | 2018-08-27 |
modified | 2018-08-27 |
platform | linux |
port | |
published | 2018-08-27 |
reporter | Exploit-DB |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/45263/ |
title | Libpango 1.40.8 - Denial of Service (PoC) |
type | dos |
Nessus
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2018-1026.NASL description This update for pango fixes the following issue : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2018-15120: Fixed a denial of service when parsing emoji (bsc#1103877) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-05 modified 2018-09-24 plugin id 117657 published 2018-09-24 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/117657 title openSUSE Security Update : pango (openSUSE-2018-1026) code #%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-2018-1026. # # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(117657); script_version("1.4"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04"); script_cve_id("CVE-2018-15120"); script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : pango (openSUSE-2018-1026)"); script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2018-1026 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 pango fixes the following issue : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2018-15120: Fixed a denial of service when parsing emoji (bsc#1103877) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1103877" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected pango packages." ); 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:POC/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:P/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpango-1_0-0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpango-1_0-0-32bit"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpango-1_0-0-32bit-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpango-1_0-0-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pango-debugsource"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pango-devel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pango-devel-32bit"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pango-tools"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pango-tools-debuginfo"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-Pango-1_0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/21"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/24"); 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 !~ "^(SUSE15\.0)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "15.0", release); if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch); flag = 0; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"libpango-1_0-0-1.40.14-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"libpango-1_0-0-debuginfo-1.40.14-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"pango-debugsource-1.40.14-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"pango-devel-1.40.14-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"pango-tools-1.40.14-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"pango-tools-debuginfo-1.40.14-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"typelib-1_0-Pango-1_0-1.40.14-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpango-1_0-0-32bit-1.40.14-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libpango-1_0-0-32bit-debuginfo-1.40.14-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++; if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"pango-devel-32bit-1.40.14-lp150.2.3.1") ) 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, "libpango-1_0-0 / libpango-1_0-0-debuginfo / pango-debugsource / etc"); }
NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id SUSE_SU-2018-2763-1.NASL description This update for pango fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : CVE-2018-15120: Fixed a denial of service when parsing emoji (bsc#1103877) 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 120101 published 2019-01-02 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120101 title SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : pango (SUSE-SU-2018:2763-1) NASL family Gentoo Local Security Checks NASL id GENTOO_GLSA-201811-07.NASL description The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201811-07 (Pango: Denial of Service) Processing certain invalid Emoji sequences in a GTK+ application can trigger a reachable assertion resulting in an application crash. Impact : A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted Emoji sequences, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 124213 published 2019-04-22 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/124213 title GLSA-201811-07 : Pango: Denial of Service NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-3750-1.NASL description Jeffrey M. discovered that Pango incorrectly handled certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 112084 published 2018-08-23 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2018-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/112084 title Ubuntu 18.04 LTS : pango1.0 vulnerability (USN-3750-1) NASL family FreeBSD Local Security Checks NASL id FREEBSD_PKG_5A757A31F98E4BD48A85F1C0F3409769.NASL description libpango in Pango 1.40.8 through 1.42.3, as used in hexchat and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted text with invalid Unicode sequences. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 117864 published 2018-10-02 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/117864 title FreeBSD : pango -- remote DoS vulnerability (5a757a31-f98e-4bd4-8a85-f1c0f3409769) NASL family SuSE Local Security Checks NASL id OPENSUSE-2019-707.NASL description This update for pango fixes the following issue : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2018-15120: Fixed a denial of service when parsing emoji (bsc#1103877) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 123307 published 2019-03-27 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123307 title openSUSE Security Update : pango (openSUSE-2019-707) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2018-83116F8692.NASL description Security fix for CVE-2018-15120 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 2020-06-05 modified 2018-09-14 plugin id 117490 published 2018-09-14 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/117490 title Fedora 27 : pango (2018-83116f8692)
Packetstorm
data source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/149093/libpango1408-dos.txt |
id | PACKETSTORM:149093 |
last seen | 2018-08-28 |
published | 2018-08-27 |
reporter | Jeffery M |
source | https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/149093/Libpango-1.40.8-Denial-Of-Service.html |
title | Libpango 1.40.8 Denial Of Service |
References
- https://mail.gnome.org/archives/distributor-list/2018-August/msg00001.html
- https://github.com/GNOME/pango/commit/71aaeaf020340412b8d012fe23a556c0420eda5f
- https://github.com/GNOME/pango/blob/1.42.4/NEWS
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3750-1/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-07
- http://52.117.224.77/xfce4-pdos.webm
- https://i.redd.it/v7p4n2ptu0s11.jpg
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45263
- https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/10/16/ps4s-are-reportedly-being-bricked-and-sony-is-working-on-a-fix
- https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/9o5efg/message_bricking_console_megathread/