Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-17157 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in Freebsd

047910
CVSS 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
freebsd
CWE-190
critical
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-12-04
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

In FreeBSD before 11.2-STABLE(r340854) and 11.2-RELEASE-p5, an integer overflow error when handling opcodes can cause memory corruption by sending a specially crafted NFSv4 request. Unprivileged remote users with access to the NFS server may be able to execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Freebsd
813

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Forced Integer Overflow
    This attack forces an integer variable to go out of range. The integer variable is often used as an offset such as size of memory allocation or similarly. The attacker would typically control the value of such variable and try to get it out of range. For instance the integer in question is incremented past the maximum possible value, it may wrap to become a very small, or negative number, therefore providing a very incorrect value which can lead to unexpected behavior. At worst the attacker can execute arbitrary code.

Nessus

NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
NASL idFREEBSD_SA-18-13_NFS.NASL
descriptionThe version of the FreeBSD kernel running on the remote host is prior to 11.2-RELEASE-p5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the Network File System (NFS) server code.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id119307
published2018-11-30
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/119307
titleFreeBSD < 11.2-RELEASE-p5 Multiple vulnerabilities in NFS server code (FreeBSD-SA-18:03.nfs)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(119307);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/12/21 11:57:21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-17157", "CVE-2018-17158", "CVE-2018-17159");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD < 11.2-RELEASE-p5 Multiple vulnerabilities in NFS server code (FreeBSD-SA-18:03.nfs)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for the version of the FreeBSD kernel.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of the FreeBSD kernel running on the remote host is prior
to 11.2-RELEASE-p5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple
vulnerabilities in the Network File System (NFS) server code.");
  # https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-18:13.nfs.asc
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?74abcc6f");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to the appropriate FreeBSD version.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-17157");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/11/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/11/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/11/30");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"potential_vulnerability", value:"true");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Settings/ParanoidReport");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release");
if (!release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");

# Patches are available, require paranoid since it is possible
# to manually patch and have a lower OS level.
if (report_paranoia < 2) audit(AUDIT_PARANOID);

fix = NULL;

if (release =~ "^FreeBSD-([0-9]|1[01]\.[0-3])($|[^0-9])")
  fix = "FreeBSD-11.2_5";

if (isnull(fix) || pkg_cmp(pkg:release, reference:fix) >= 0)
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

report =
  '\n  Installed version : ' + release +
  '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fix +
  '\n';
security_report_v4(port:0, severity:SECURITY_HOLE, extra:report);

References