Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-3810 - Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Missing input validation in the ar/tar implementations of APT before version 2.1.2 could result in denial of service when processing specially crafted deb files.
Vulnerable Configurations
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 family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-4685.NASL description Shuaibing Lu discovered that missing input validation in the ar/tar implementations of APT, the high level package manager, could result in denial of service when processing specially crafted deb files. last seen 2020-05-22 modified 2020-05-14 plugin id 136591 published 2020-05-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136591 title Debian DSA-4685-1 : apt - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4685. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(136591); script_version("1.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/21"); script_cve_id("CVE-2020-3810"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4685"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4685-1 : apt - 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-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Shuaibing Lu discovered that missing input validation in the ar/tar implementations of APT, the high level package manager, could result in denial of service when processing specially crafted deb files." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/apt" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/apt" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/apt" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4685" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the apt packages. For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.10. For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.2.1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-3810"); 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:apt"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/05/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/05/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/05/14"); 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:"10.0", prefix:"apt", reference:"1.8.2.1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"apt-doc", reference:"1.8.2.1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"apt-transport-https", reference:"1.8.2.1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"apt-utils", reference:"1.8.2.1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libapt-inst2.0", reference:"1.8.2.1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libapt-pkg-dev", reference:"1.8.2.1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libapt-pkg-doc", reference:"1.8.2.1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"10.0", prefix:"libapt-pkg5.0", reference:"1.8.2.1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"apt", reference:"1.4.10")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"apt-doc", reference:"1.4.10")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"apt-transport-https", reference:"1.4.10")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"apt-utils", reference:"1.4.10")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libapt-inst2.0", reference:"1.4.10")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libapt-pkg-dev", reference:"1.4.10")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libapt-pkg-doc", reference:"1.4.10")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"libapt-pkg5.0", reference:"1.4.10")) 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");
NASL family Ubuntu Local Security Checks NASL id UBUNTU_USN-4359-1.NASL description It was discovered that APT incorrectly handled certain filenames during package installation. If an attacker could provide a specially crafted package to be installed by the system administrator, this could cause APT to crash. 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 seen 2020-05-22 modified 2020-05-14 plugin id 136608 published 2020-05-14 reporter Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136608 title Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.10 / 20.04 : apt vulnerability (USN-4359-1) code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4359-1. 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(136608); script_version("1.3"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/21"); script_cve_id("CVE-2020-3810"); script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4359-1"); script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 19.10 / 20.04 : apt vulnerability (USN-4359-1)"); 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 APT incorrectly handled certain filenames during package installation. If an attacker could provide a specially crafted package to be installed by the system administrator, this could cause APT to crash. 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/4359-1/" ); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected apt package."); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-3810"); 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:apt"); 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:19.10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/05/15"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/05/14"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/05/14"); 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:"^(16\.04|18\.04|19\.10|20\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 16.04 / 18.04 / 19.10 / 20.04", "Ubuntu " + release); if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu"); if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH); if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu); flag = 0; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"16.04", pkgname:"apt", pkgver:"1.2.32ubuntu0.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"18.04", pkgname:"apt", pkgver:"1.6.12ubuntu0.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"19.10", pkgname:"apt", pkgver:"1.9.4ubuntu0.1")) flag++; if (ubuntu_check(osver:"20.04", pkgname:"apt", pkgver:"2.0.2ubuntu0.1")) flag++; if (flag) { security_report_v4( port : 0, severity : SECURITY_WARNING, 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, "apt"); }
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-2210.NASL description When normalizing ar member names by removing trailing whitespace and slashes, an out-out-bound read can be caused if the ar member name consists only of such characters, because the code did not stop at 0, but would wrap around and continue reading from the stack, without any limit. For Debian 8 last seen 2020-05-22 modified 2020-05-15 plugin id 136631 published 2020-05-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136631 title Debian DLA-2210-1 : apt security update
References
- https://salsa.debian.org/apt-team/apt/-/commit/dceb1e49e4b8e4dadaf056be34088b415939cda6
- https://github.com/Debian/apt/issues/111
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878177
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2020/msg00089.html
- https://tracker.debian.org/news/1144109/accepted-apt-212-source-into-unstable/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4359-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4359-2/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U4PEH357MZM2SUGKETMEHMSGQS652QHH/