Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-17828 - Path Traversal vulnerability in Zziplib Project Zziplib 0.13.69

047910
CVSS 5.5 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
zziplib-project
CWE-22
nessus

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in ZZIPlib 0.13.69 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c file.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Zziplib_Project
1

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Relative Path Traversal
    An attacker exploits a weakness in input validation on the target by supplying a specially constructed path utilizing dot and slash characters for the purpose of obtaining access to arbitrary files or resources. An attacker modifies a known path on the target in order to reach material that is not available through intended channels. These attacks normally involve adding additional path separators (/ or \) and/or dots (.), or encodings thereof, in various combinations in order to reach parent directories or entirely separate trees of the target's directory structure.
  • Directory Traversal
    An attacker with access to file system resources, either directly or via application logic, will use various file path specification or navigation mechanisms such as ".." in path strings and absolute paths to extend their range of access to inappropriate areas of the file system. The attacker attempts to either explore the file system for recon purposes or access directories and files that are intended to be restricted from their access. Exploring the file system can be achieved through constructing paths presented to directory listing programs, such as "ls" and 'dir', or through specially crafted programs that attempt to explore the file system. The attacker engaging in this type of activity is searching for information that can be used later in a more exploitive attack. Access to restricted directories or files can be achieved through modification of path references utilized by system applications.
  • File System Function Injection, Content Based
    An attack of this type exploits the host's trust in executing remote content including binary files. The files are poisoned with a malicious payload (targeting the file systems accessible by the target software) by the attacker and may be passed through standard channels such as via email, and standard web content like PDF and multimedia files. The attacker exploits known vulnerabilities or handling routines in the target processes. Vulnerabilities of this type have been found in a wide variety of commercial applications from Microsoft Office to Adobe Acrobat and Apple Safari web browser. When the attacker knows the standard handling routines and can identify vulnerabilities and entry points they can be exploited by otherwise seemingly normal content. Once the attack is executed, the attackers' program can access relative directories such as C:\Program Files or other standard system directories to launch further attacks. In a worst case scenario, these programs are combined with other propagation logic and work as a virus.
  • Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic
    This attack targets the encoding of the URL combined with the encoding of the slash characters. An attacker can take advantage of the multiple way of encoding an URL and abuse the interpretation of the URL. An URL may contain special character that need special syntax handling in order to be interpreted. Special characters are represented using a percentage character followed by two digits representing the octet code of the original character (%HEX-CODE). For instance US-ASCII space character would be represented with %20. This is often referred as escaped ending or percent-encoding. Since the server decodes the URL from the requests, it may restrict the access to some URL paths by validating and filtering out the URL requests it received. An attacker will try to craft an URL with a sequence of special characters which once interpreted by the server will be equivalent to a forbidden URL. It can be difficult to protect against this attack since the URL can contain other format of encoding such as UTF-8 encoding, Unicode-encoding, etc.
  • Manipulating Input to File System Calls
    An attacker manipulates inputs to the target software which the target software passes to file system calls in the OS. The goal is to gain access to, and perhaps modify, areas of the file system that the target software did not intend to be accessible.

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2019-352.NASL
    descriptionThis update for zziplib fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-17828: Remove any
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id123168
    published2019-03-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123168
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : zziplib (openSUSE-2019-352)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2019-352.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(123168);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/31");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2018-17828");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : zziplib (openSUSE-2019-352)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2019-352 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 zziplib fixes the following issues :
    
      - CVE-2018-17828: Remove any '../' components from
        pathnames of extracted files to avoid path traversal
        during unpacking. (bsc#1110687)
    
    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=1110687"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected zziplib packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzzip-0-13");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzzip-0-13-32bit");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzzip-0-13-32bit-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzzip-0-13-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zziplib-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zziplib-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zziplib-devel-32bit");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zziplib-devel-32bit-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zziplib-devel-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/10/01");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/03/23");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/03/27");
      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/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:"libzzip-0-13-0.13.69-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"libzzip-0-13-debuginfo-0.13.69-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"zziplib-debugsource-0.13.69-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"zziplib-devel-0.13.69-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"zziplib-devel-debuginfo-0.13.69-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libzzip-0-13-32bit-0.13.69-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"libzzip-0-13-32bit-debuginfo-0.13.69-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"zziplib-devel-32bit-0.13.69-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"zziplib-devel-32bit-debuginfo-0.13.69-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, "libzzip-0-13 / libzzip-0-13-32bit / libzzip-0-13-32bit-debuginfo / etc");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-1277.NASL
    descriptionThis update for zziplib fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-17828: Remove any
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-10-26
    plugin id118447
    published2018-10-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118447
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : zziplib (openSUSE-2018-1277)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2020-1178.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1178 advisory. - zziplib: directory traversal in unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c (CVE-2018-17828) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-04-23
    modified2020-03-31
    plugin id135045
    published2020-03-31
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135045
    titleRHEL 7 : zziplib (RHSA-2020:1178)
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20200407_ZZIPLIB_ON_SL7_X.NASL
    description* zziplib: directory traversal in unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c
    last seen2020-04-30
    modified2020-04-21
    plugin id135843
    published2020-04-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135843
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : zziplib on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-3220-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for zziplib fixes the following issues : CVE-2018-17828: Remove any
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2019-01-02
    plugin id120134
    published2019-01-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120134
    titleSUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : zziplib (SUSE-SU-2018:3220-1)
  • NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
    NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-2124.NASL
    descriptionAccording to the versions of the zziplib package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Directory traversal vulnerability in ZZIPlib 0.13.69 allows attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a zip file, because of the function unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c file.(CVE-2018-17828) - An issue was discovered in ZZIPlib through 0.13.69. There is a memory leak triggered in the function __zzip_parse_root_directory in zip.c, which will lead to a denial of service attack.(CVE-2018-16548) 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 seen2020-05-03
    modified2019-11-12
    plugin id130833
    published2019-11-12
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130833
    titleEulerOS 2.0 SP8 : zziplib (EulerOS-SA-2019-2124)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-1226.NASL
    descriptionThis update for zziplib fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-17828: Remove any
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-10-24
    plugin id118341
    published2018-10-24
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118341
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : zziplib (openSUSE-2018-1226)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2020-1178.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1178 advisory. - zziplib: directory traversal in unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c (CVE-2018-17828) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-06-06
    modified2020-04-10
    plugin id135353
    published2020-04-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135353
    titleCentOS 7 : zziplib (CESA-2020:1178)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2020-1653.NASL
    descriptionThe remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1653 advisory. - zziplib: directory traversal in unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c (CVE-2018-17828) Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application
    last seen2020-04-30
    modified2020-04-28
    plugin id136050
    published2020-04-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136050
    titleRHEL 8 : zziplib (RHSA-2020:1653)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-3379-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for zziplib fixes the following issues : CVE-2018-17828: Remove any
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id118388
    published2018-10-25
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118388
    titleSUSE SLED12 Security Update : zziplib (SUSE-SU-2018:3379-1)

Redhat

advisories
  • bugzilla
    id1635888
    titleCVE-2018-17828 zziplib: directory traversal in unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c
    oval
    OR
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
    • AND
      • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is installed
        ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20150364027
      • OR
        • AND
          • commentzziplib is earlier than 0:0.13.62-12.el7
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201178001
          • commentzziplib is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20183229002
        • AND
          • commentzziplib-utils is earlier than 0:0.13.62-12.el7
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201178003
          • commentzziplib-utils is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20183229006
        • AND
          • commentzziplib-devel is earlier than 0:0.13.62-12.el7
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201178005
          • commentzziplib-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20183229004
    rhsa
    idRHSA-2020:1178
    released2020-03-31
    severityModerate
    titleRHSA-2020:1178: zziplib security update (Moderate)
  • bugzilla
    id1635888
    titleCVE-2018-17828 zziplib: directory traversal in unzzip_cat in the bins/unzzipcat-mem.c
    oval
    OR
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
    • AND
      • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
        ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20193384074
      • OR
        • AND
          • commentzziplib-debugsource is earlier than 0:0.13.68-8.el8
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201653001
          • commentzziplib-debugsource is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201653002
        • AND
          • commentzziplib-devel is earlier than 0:0.13.68-8.el8
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201653003
          • commentzziplib-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20183229004
        • AND
          • commentzziplib-utils is earlier than 0:0.13.68-8.el8
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201653005
          • commentzziplib-utils is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20183229006
        • AND
          • commentzziplib is earlier than 0:0.13.68-8.el8
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20201653007
          • commentzziplib is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
            ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20183229002
    rhsa
    idRHSA-2020:1653
    released2020-04-28
    severityModerate
    titleRHSA-2020:1653: zziplib security update (Moderate)
rpms
  • zziplib-0:0.13.62-12.el7
  • zziplib-debuginfo-0:0.13.62-12.el7
  • zziplib-devel-0:0.13.62-12.el7
  • zziplib-utils-0:0.13.62-12.el7
  • zziplib-0:0.13.68-8.el8
  • zziplib-debuginfo-0:0.13.68-8.el8
  • zziplib-debugsource-0:0.13.68-8.el8
  • zziplib-devel-0:0.13.68-8.el8
  • zziplib-utils-0:0.13.68-8.el8
  • zziplib-utils-debuginfo-0:0.13.68-8.el8