Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-20367 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 9.1 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
freedesktop
debian
canonical
opensuse
CWE-125
critical
nessus

Summary

nlist.c in libbsd before 0.10.0 has an out-of-bounds read during a comparison for a symbol name from the string table (strtab).

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Overread Buffers
    An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.

Nessus

  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-4243-1.NASL
    descriptionIt was discovered that libbsd incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-2090) It was discovered that libbsd incorrectly handled certain strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2019-20367). 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 seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id133144
    published2020-01-21
    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/133144
    titleUbuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.04 : libbsd vulnerabilities (USN-4243-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4243-1. The text 
    # itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See 
    # <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered 
    # trademark of Canonical, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(133144);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/23");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2090", "CVE-2019-20367");
      script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4243-1");
    
      script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.04 : libbsd vulnerabilities (USN-4243-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated package.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "It was discovered that libbsd incorrectly handled certain inputs. An
    attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This
    issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-2090)
    
    It was discovered that libbsd incorrectly handled certain strings. An
    attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive
    information. (CVE-2019-20367).
    
    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."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4243-1/"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:"Update the affected libbsd0 package."
      );
      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:"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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libbsd0");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/01/13");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/01/20");
      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:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("ubuntu.inc");
    include("misc_func.inc");
    
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
    if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
    release = chomp(release);
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(12\.04|14\.04|16\.04|18\.04|19\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 12.04 / 14.04 / 16.04 / 18.04 / 19.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
    if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) 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, "Ubuntu", cpu);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"libbsd0", pkgver:"0.8.2-1ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"libbsd0", pkgver:"0.8.7-1ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
    if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.04", pkgname:"libbsd0", pkgver:"0.9.1-2ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      security_report_v4(
        port       : 0,
        severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
        extra      : ubuntu_report_get()
      );
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libbsd0");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2020-1298-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for libbsd fixes the following issues : CVE-2019-20367: Fixed an out-of-bounds read during a comparison for a symbol names from the string table (bsc#1160551). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-31
    modified2020-05-22
    plugin id136791
    published2020-05-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136791
    titleSUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libbsd (SUSE-SU-2020:1298-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2020:1298-1.
    # The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(136791);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/26");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2019-20367");
    
      script_name(english:"SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libbsd (SUSE-SU-2020:1298-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis",
        value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description",
        value:
    "This update for libbsd fixes the following issues :
    
    CVE-2019-20367: Fixed an out-of-bounds read during a comparison for a
    symbol names from the string table (bsc#1160551).
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the SUSE 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://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160551"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-20367/"
      );
      # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20201298-1/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fb2b51b2"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution",
        value:
    "To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
    installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.
    
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools
    15-SP1 :
    
    zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2020-1298=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 :
    
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-1298=1"
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:N/A:H");
      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:suse_linux:libbsd-ctor-static");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libbsd-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libbsd-devel");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libbsd0");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libbsd0-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/01/08");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/05/17");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/05/22");
      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/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/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/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLED15|SLES15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLED15 / SLES15", "SUSE " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);
    
    sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
    if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
    if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(1)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP1", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
    if (os_ver == "SLED15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(1)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED15 SP1", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd-ctor-static-0.8.7-3.3.17")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd-debugsource-0.8.7-3.3.17")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd-debugsource-0.8.7-3.3.17")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd-devel-0.8.7-3.3.17")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd0-0.8.7-3.3.17")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd0-debuginfo-0.8.7-3.3.17")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd-ctor-static-0.8.7-3.3.17")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd-debugsource-0.8.7-3.3.17")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd-debugsource-0.8.7-3.3.17")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd-devel-0.8.7-3.3.17")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd0-0.8.7-3.3.17")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"libbsd0-debuginfo-0.8.7-3.3.17")) 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, "libbsd");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2020-679.NASL
    descriptionThis update for libbsd fixes the following issues : - CVE-2019-20367: Fixed an out-of-bounds read during a comparison for a symbol names from the string table (bsc#1160551). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
    last seen2020-05-31
    modified2020-05-26
    plugin id136877
    published2020-05-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136877
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : libbsd (openSUSE-2020-679)