Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-16779 - Race Condition vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 4.3 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE

Summary

In RubyGem excon before 0.71.0, there was a race condition around persistent connections, where a connection which is interrupted (such as by a timeout) would leave data on the socket. Subsequent requests would then read this data, returning content from the previous response. The race condition window appears to be short, and it would be difficult to purposefully exploit this.

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Leveraging Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring when multiple processes access and manipulate the same resource concurrently and the outcome of the execution depends on the particular order in which the access takes place. The attacker can leverage a race condition by "running the race", modifying the resource and modifying the normal execution flow. For instance a race condition can occur while accessing a file, the attacker can trick the system by replacing the original file with his version and cause the system to read the malicious file.
  • Leveraging Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) Race Conditions
    This attack targets a race condition occurring between the time of check (state) for a resource and the time of use of a resource. The typical example is the file access. The attacker can leverage a file access race condition by "running the race", meaning that he would modify the resource between the first time the target program accesses the file and the time the target program uses the file. During that period of time, the attacker could do something such as replace the file and cause an escalation of privilege.

Nessus

  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_C5BD9068440F11EA9CDB001B217B3468.NASL
    descriptionGitlab reports : Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read User Permissions Not Validated in ProjectExportWorker XSS Vulnerability in File API Package and File Disclosure through GitLab Workhorse XSS Vulnerability in Create Groups Issue and Merge Request Activity Counts Exposed Email Confirmation Bypass Using AP Disclosure of Forked Private Project Source Code Private Project Names Exposed in GraphQL queries Disclosure of Issues and Merge Requests via Todos Denial of Service via AsciiDoc Last Pipeline Status Exposed Arbitrary Change of Pipeline Status Grafana Token Displayed in Plaintext Update excon gem Update rdoc gem Update rack-cors gem Update rubyzip gem
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id133434
    published2020-02-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133434
    titleFreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple Vulnerabilities (c5bd9068-440f-11ea-9cdb-001b217b3468)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
    # extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
    #
    # Copyright 2003-2020 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
    #
    # Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
    # HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
    # are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
    # 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
    #    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    #    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
    # 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
    #    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
    #    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
    #    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
    #    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
    #    distribution.
    # 
    # THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
    # AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    # THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
    # PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
    # BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
    # OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
    # OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
    # BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
    # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
    # OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
    # EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(133434);
      script_version("1.3");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/02/12");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16779", "CVE-2019-16892", "CVE-2019-18978", "CVE-2020-6833", "CVE-2020-7966", "CVE-2020-7967", "CVE-2020-7968", "CVE-2020-7969", "CVE-2020-7971", "CVE-2020-7972", "CVE-2020-7973", "CVE-2020-7974", "CVE-2020-7976", "CVE-2020-7977", "CVE-2020-7978", "CVE-2020-7979", "CVE-2020-8114");
    
      script_name(english:"FreeBSD : Gitlab -- Multiple Vulnerabilities (c5bd9068-440f-11ea-9cdb-001b217b3468)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
    updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Gitlab reports :
    
    Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read
    
    User Permissions Not Validated in ProjectExportWorker
    
    XSS Vulnerability in File API
    
    Package and File Disclosure through GitLab Workhorse
    
    XSS Vulnerability in Create Groups
    
    Issue and Merge Request Activity Counts Exposed
    
    Email Confirmation Bypass Using AP
    
    Disclosure of Forked Private Project Source Code
    
    Private Project Names Exposed in GraphQL queries
    
    Disclosure of Issues and Merge Requests via Todos
    
    Denial of Service via AsciiDoc
    
    Last Pipeline Status Exposed
    
    Arbitrary Change of Pipeline Status
    
    Grafana Token Displayed in Plaintext
    
    Update excon gem
    
    Update rdoc gem
    
    Update rack-cors gem
    
    Update rubyzip gem"
      );
      # https://about.gitlab.com/releases/2020/01/30/security-release-gitlab-12-7-4-released/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8c01373b"
      );
      # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/c5bd9068-440f-11ea-9cdb-001b217b3468.html
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?3ab7b29f"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-8114");
      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:freebsd:freebsd:gitlab-ce");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/01/30");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/01/31");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/02/03");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 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:"gitlab-ce>=12.7.0<12.7.4")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"gitlab-ce>=12.6.0<12.6.6")) flag++;
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"gitlab-ce>=5.3<12.5.9")) 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 familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2020-36.NASL
    descriptionThis update for rubygem-excon fixes the following issues : CVE-2019-16779 (boo#1159342): Fix a race condition around persistent connections, where a connection, which was interrupted, would leave data on the socket. Subsequent requests would then read this data, returning content from the previous response.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id132912
    published2020-01-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/132912
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : rubygem-excon (openSUSE-2020-36)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2020-36.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(132912);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/17");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16779");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : rubygem-excon (openSUSE-2020-36)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2020-36 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 rubygem-excon fixes the following issues :
    
    CVE-2019-16779 (boo#1159342): Fix a race condition around persistent
    connections, where a connection, which was interrupted, would leave
    data on the socket. Subsequent requests would then read this data,
    returning content from the previous response."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1159342"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected rubygem-excon packages."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:ruby2.5-rubygem-excon");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ruby2.5-rubygem-excon-testsuite");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/12/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/01/13");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/01/15");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 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\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "15.1", 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 !~ "^(x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.1", reference:"ruby2.5-rubygem-excon-0.59.0-lp151.3.3.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.1", reference:"ruby2.5-rubygem-excon-testsuite-0.59.0-lp151.3.3.1") ) 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, "ruby2.5-rubygem-excon / ruby2.5-rubygem-excon-testsuite");
    }
    
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-2070.NASL
    descriptionIn RubyGem excon before 0.71.0, there was a race condition around persistent connections, where a connection which is interrupted (such as by a timeout) would leave data on the socket. Subsequent requests would then read this data, returning content from the previous response. For Debian 8
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id133103
    published2020-01-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/133103
    titleDebian DLA-2070-1 : ruby-excon security update
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-2070-1. The text
    # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(133103);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/23");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16779");
    
      script_name(english:"Debian DLA-2070-1 : ruby-excon security update");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "In RubyGem excon before 0.71.0, there was a race condition around
    persistent connections, where a connection which is interrupted (such
    as by a timeout) would leave data on the socket. Subsequent requests
    would then read this data, returning content from the previous
    response.
    
    For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version
    0.33.0-2+deb8u1.
    
    We recommend that you upgrade your ruby-excon packages.
    
    NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
    block directly from the DLA security advisory. 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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00015.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/ruby-excon"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Upgrade the affected ruby-excon package."
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:debian:debian_linux:ruby-excon");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/12/16");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/01/19");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/01/21");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("debian_package.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"ruby-excon", reference:"0.33.0-2+deb8u1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");