Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-16237 - Origin Validation Error vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
dino
canonical
fedoraproject
debian
CWE-346
nessus

Summary

Dino before 2019-09-10 does not properly check the source of an MAM message in module/xep/0313_message_archive_management.vala.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • JSON Hijacking (aka JavaScript Hijacking)
    An attacker targets a system that uses JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) as a transport mechanism between the client and the server (common in Web 2.0 systems using AJAX) to steal possibly confidential information transmitted from the server back to the client inside the JSON object by taking advantage of the loophole in the browser's Same Origin Policy that does not prohibit JavaScript from one website to be included and executed in the context of another website. An attacker gets the victim to visit his or her malicious page that contains a script tag whose source points to the vulnerable system with a URL that requests a response from the server containing a JSON object with possibly confidential information. The malicious page also contains malicious code to capture the JSON object returned by the server before any other processing on it can take place, typically by overriding the JavaScript function used to create new objects. This hook allows the malicious code to get access to the creation of each object and transmit the possibly sensitive contents of the captured JSON object to the attackers' server. There is nothing in the browser's security model to prevent the attackers' malicious JavaScript code (originating from attacker's domain) to set up an environment (as described above) to intercept a JSON object response (coming from the vulnerable target system's domain), read its contents and transmit to the attackers' controlled site. The same origin policy protects the domain object model (DOM), but not the JSON.
  • Cache Poisoning
    An attacker exploits the functionality of cache technologies to cause specific data to be cached that aids the attackers' objectives. This describes any attack whereby an attacker places incorrect or harmful material in cache. The targeted cache can be an application's cache (e.g. a web browser cache) or a public cache (e.g. a DNS or ARP cache). Until the cache is refreshed, most applications or clients will treat the corrupted cache value as valid. This can lead to a wide range of exploits including redirecting web browsers towards sites that install malware and repeatedly incorrect calculations based on the incorrect value.
  • DNS Cache Poisoning
    A domain name server translates a domain name (such as www.example.com) into an IP address that Internet hosts use to contact Internet resources. An attacker modifies a public DNS cache to cause certain names to resolve to incorrect addresses that the attacker specifies. The result is that client applications that rely upon the targeted cache for domain name resolution will be directed not to the actual address of the specified domain name but to some other address. Attackers can use this to herd clients to sites that install malware on the victim's computer or to masquerade as part of a Pharming attack.
  • Exploitation of Session Variables, Resource IDs and other Trusted Credentials
    Attacks on session IDs and resource IDs take advantage of the fact that some software accepts user input without verifying its authenticity. For example, a message queuing system that allows service requesters to post messages to its queue through an open channel (such as anonymous FTP), authorization is done through checking group or role membership contained in the posted message. However, there is no proof that the message itself, the information in the message (such group or role membership), or indeed the process that wrote the message to the queue are authentic and authorized to do so. Many server side processes are vulnerable to these attacks because the server to server communications have not been analyzed from a security perspective or the processes "trust" other systems because they are behind a firewall. In a similar way servers that use easy to guess or spoofable schemes for representing digital identity can also be vulnerable. Such systems frequently use schemes without cryptography and digital signatures (or with broken cryptography). Session IDs may be guessed due to insufficient randomness, poor protection (passed in the clear), lack of integrity (unsigned), or improperly correlation with access control policy enforcement points. Exposed configuration and properties files that contain system passwords, database connection strings, and such may also give an attacker an edge to identify these identifiers. The net result is that spoofing and impersonation is possible leading to an attacker's ability to break authentication, authorization, and audit controls on the system.
  • Application API Message Manipulation via Man-in-the-Middle
    An attacker manipulates either egress or ingress data from a client within an application framework in order to change the content of messages. Performing this attack can allow the attacker to gain unauthorized privileges within the application, or conduct attacks such as phishing, deceptive strategies to spread malware, or traditional web-application attacks. The techniques require use of specialized software that allow the attacker to man-in-the-middle communications between the web browser and the remote system. Despite the use of MITM software, the attack is actually directed at the server, as the client is one node in a series of content brokers that pass information along to the application framework. Additionally, it is not true "Man-in-the-Middle" attack at the network layer, but an application-layer attack the root cause of which is the master applications trust in the integrity of code supplied by the client.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2019-0EB6D51F81.NASL
    descriptionUpdate dino to [a96c8014](https://github.com/dino/dino/compare/016ab2c1...a96c8014), which addresses three CVEs. CVE-2019-16235 ============== Dino did not properly check the source of message carbons. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16235 Fixed in https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/e84f2c49567e86d2a261ea264d65c4adc5 49c930 CVE-2019-16236 ========== Dino did not check roster push authorization. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16236 Fixed in https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/dd33f5f949248d87d34f399e8846d5ee5b 8823d9 CVE-2019-16237 ========== Dinot did not properly check the source of MAM messages. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16237 Fixed in https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/307f16cc86dd2b95aa02ab8a85110e4a2d 5e7363 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 id129077
    published2019-09-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129077
    titleFedora 29 : dino (2019-0eb6d51f81)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2019-0eb6d51f81.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(129077);
      script_version("1.4");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/27");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16235", "CVE-2019-16236", "CVE-2019-16237");
      script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2019-0eb6d51f81");
    
      script_name(english:"Fedora 29 : dino (2019-0eb6d51f81)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Update dino to
    [a96c8014](https://github.com/dino/dino/compare/016ab2c1...a96c8014),
    which addresses three CVEs.
    
    CVE-2019-16235 ==============
    
    Dino did not properly check the source of message carbons.
    
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16235
    
    Fixed in
    https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/e84f2c49567e86d2a261ea264d65c4adc5
    49c930
    
    CVE-2019-16236 ==========
    
    Dino did not check roster push authorization.
    
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16236
    
    Fixed in
    https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/dd33f5f949248d87d34f399e8846d5ee5b
    8823d9
    
    CVE-2019-16237 ==========
    
    Dinot did not properly check the source of MAM messages.
    
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16237
    
    Fixed in
    https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/307f16cc86dd2b95aa02ab8a85110e4a2d
    5e7363
    
    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."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-0eb6d51f81"
      );
      # https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/307f16cc86dd2b95aa02ab8a85110e4a2d5e7363
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ca66609b"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://github.com/dino/dino/compare/016ab2c1...a96c8014"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected dino package.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
      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:N/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:fedoraproject:fedora:dino");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/09/11");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/09/20");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/09/20");
      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 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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/RedHat/release");
    if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^29([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 29", "Fedora " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"FC29", reference:"dino-0.0-0.12.20190912.git.a96c801.fc29")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
        extra      : rpm_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "dino");
    }
    
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-4306-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that Dino incorrectly validated inputs. An attacker could use this issue to possibly obtain, inject or remove sensitive information. This update also includes a fix to the encryption implementation in Dino to support 12 byte IVs, in addition to 16 byte IVs. 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 seen2020-03-21
    modified2020-03-18
    plugin id134664
    published2020-03-18
    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/134664
    titleUbuntu 18.04 LTS : dino-im vulnerabilities (USN-4306-1)
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-4524.NASL
    descriptionMultiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Dino XMPP client, which could allow spoofing message, manipulation of a user
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id128884
    published2019-09-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/128884
    titleDebian DSA-4524-1 : dino-im - security update
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2019-2555C77F63.NASL
    descriptionUpdate dino to [a96c8014](https://github.com/dino/dino/compare/016ab2c1...a96c8014), which addresses three CVEs. CVE-2019-16235 ============== Dino did not properly check the source of message carbons. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16235 Fixed in https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/e84f2c49567e86d2a261ea264d65c4adc5 49c930 CVE-2019-16236 ========== Dino did not check roster push authorization. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16236 Fixed in https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/dd33f5f949248d87d34f399e8846d5ee5b 8823d9 CVE-2019-16237 ========== Dinot did not properly check the source of MAM messages. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16237 Fixed in https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/307f16cc86dd2b95aa02ab8a85110e4a2d 5e7363 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 id129610
    published2019-10-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129610
    titleFedora 31 : dino (2019-2555c77f63)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2019-3D3BB765CA.NASL
    descriptionUpdate dino to [a96c8014](https://github.com/dino/dino/compare/016ab2c1...a96c8014), which addresses three CVEs. CVE-2019-16235 ============== Dino did not properly check the source of message carbons. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16235 Fixed in https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/e84f2c49567e86d2a261ea264d65c4adc5 49c930 CVE-2019-16236 ========== Dino did not check roster push authorization. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16236 Fixed in https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/dd33f5f949248d87d34f399e8846d5ee5b 8823d9 CVE-2019-16237 ========== Dinot did not properly check the source of MAM messages. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16237 Fixed in https://github.com/dino/dino/commit/307f16cc86dd2b95aa02ab8a85110e4a2d 5e7363 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 id129079
    published2019-09-20
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/129079
    titleFedora 30 : dino (2019-3d3bb765ca)