Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-6502 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Opensc Project Opensc 0.19.0

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
opensc-project
CWE-401
nessus

Summary

sc_context_create in ctx.c in libopensc in OpenSC 0.19.0 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by a call from eidenv.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Opensc_Project
1

Nessus

NASL familyHuawei Local Security Checks
NASL idEULEROS_SA-2019-2293.NASL
descriptionAccording to the version of the opensc package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability : - sc_context_create in ctx.c in libopensc in OpenSC 0.19.0 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by a call from eidenv.(CVE-2019-6502) 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
modified2019-11-27
plugin id131359
published2019-11-27
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131359
titleEulerOS 2.0 SP8 : opensc (EulerOS-SA-2019-2293)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(131359);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/01");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2019-6502"
  );

  script_name(english:"EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : opensc (EulerOS-SA-2019-2293)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"According to the version of the opensc package installed, the EulerOS
installation on the remote host is affected by the following
vulnerability :

  - sc_context_create in ctx.c in libopensc in OpenSC
    0.19.0 has a memory leak, as demonstrated by a call
    from eidenv.(CVE-2019-6502)

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.");
  # https://developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2019-2293
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4a588ab3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected opensc package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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:N/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:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:opensc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Huawei Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/EulerOS/release", "Host/EulerOS/rpm-list", "Host/EulerOS/sp");
  script_exclude_keys("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");

  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/EulerOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^EulerOS") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS");
if (release !~ "^EulerOS release 2\.0(\D|$)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0");

sp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/sp");
if (isnull(sp) || sp !~ "^(8)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP8");

uvp = get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/uvp_version");
if (!empty_or_null(uvp)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "EulerOS 2.0 SP8", "EulerOS UVP " + uvp);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/EulerOS/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$" && "aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "EulerOS", cpu);
if ("aarch64" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "aarch64", cpu);

flag = 0;

pkgs = ["opensc-0.19.0-1.h1.eulerosv2r8"];

foreach (pkg in pkgs)
  if (rpm_check(release:"EulerOS-2.0", sp:"8", reference:pkg)) 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, "opensc");
}