Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-5207 - Use of Externally-Controlled Format String vulnerability in multiple products

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# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
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include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(105626);
  script_version("3.3");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/10 11:49:47");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-5205", "CVE-2018-5206", "CVE-2018-5207", "CVE-2018-5208");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : irssi -- multiple vulnerabilities (a3764767-f31e-11e7-95f2-005056925db4)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Irssi reports :

When the channel topic is set without specifying a sender, Irssi may
dereference NULL pointer. Found by Joseph Bisch.

When using incomplete escape codes, Irssi may access data beyond the
end of the string. Found by Joseph Bisch.

A calculation error in the completion code could cause a heap buffer
overflow when completing certain strings. Found by Joseph Bisch.

When using an incomplete variable argument, Irssi may access data
beyond the end of the string. Found by Joseph Bisch."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://irssi.org/security/irssi_sa_2018_01.txt"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=224954"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/a3764767-f31e-11e7-95f2-005056925db4.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3a8ac75d"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  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:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:irssi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/01/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/01/06");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/01/08");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


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


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


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"irssi<1.0.6,1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

#%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-2018-18.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(105716);
  script_version("3.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-5205", "CVE-2018-5206", "CVE-2018-5207", "CVE-2018-5208");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : irssi (openSUSE-2018-18)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2018-18 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 irssi to version 1.0.6 fixes several issues that may
affect the stability of irssi :

  - CVE-2018-5205: Data access beyond the end of the string
    when using incomplete escape codes

  - CVE-2018-5206: NULL pointer dereference when the channel
    topic is set without specifying a sender

  - CVE-2018-5207: When using an incomplete variable
    argument, Irssi may access data beyond the end of the
    string

  - CVE-2018-5208: Heap buffer overflow when completing
    certain strings"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1074958"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected irssi packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  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:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:irssi-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/01/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/01/10");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  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 !~ "^(SUSE42\.2|SUSE42\.3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "42.2 / 42.3", 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:"SUSE42.2", reference:"irssi-1.0.6-14.18.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.2", reference:"irssi-debuginfo-1.0.6-14.18.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.2", reference:"irssi-debugsource-1.0.6-14.18.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.2", reference:"irssi-devel-1.0.6-14.18.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"irssi-1.0.6-21.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"irssi-debuginfo-1.0.6-21.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"irssi-debugsource-1.0.6-21.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE42.3", reference:"irssi-devel-1.0.6-21.1") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "irssi / irssi-debuginfo / irssi-debugsource / irssi-devel");
}