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FreeBSD : py-matrix-synapse -- unbounded recursion in urlpreview (07c0d782-f758-11ec-acaa-901b0e9408dc)

2022-06-2900:00:00
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freebsd
py-matrix-synapse
unbounded recursion
vulnerability
cve-2022-31052
url previews
stack space
synapse process
configuration
upgrade
homeservers

CVSS2

3.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

49.1%

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 07c0d782-f758-11ec-acaa-901b0e9408dc advisory.

  • Synapse is an open source home server implementation for the Matrix chat network. In versions prior to 1.61.1 URL previews of some web pages can exhaust the available stack space for the Synapse process due to unbounded recursion. This is sometimes recoverable and leads to an error for the request causing the problem, but in other cases the Synapse process may crash altogether. It is possible to exploit this maliciously, either by malicious users on the homeserver, or by remote users sending URLs that a local user’s client may automatically request a URL preview for. Remote users are not able to exploit this directly, because the URL preview endpoint is authenticated. Deployments with url_preview_enabled: false set in configuration are not affected. Deployments with url_preview_enabled: true set in configuration
    are affected. Deployments with no configuration value set for url_preview_enabled are not affected, because the default is false. Administrators of homeservers with URL previews enabled are advised to upgrade to v1.61.1 or higher. Users unable to upgrade should set url_preview_enabled to false.
    (CVE-2022-31052)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

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  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/03/23");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-31052");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : py-matrix-synapse -- unbounded recursion in urlpreview (07c0d782-f758-11ec-acaa-901b0e9408dc)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a
vulnerability as referenced in the 07c0d782-f758-11ec-acaa-901b0e9408dc advisory.

  - Synapse is an open source home server implementation for the Matrix chat network. In versions prior to
    1.61.1 URL previews of some web pages can exhaust the available stack space for the Synapse process due to
    unbounded recursion. This is sometimes recoverable and leads to an error for the request causing the
    problem, but in other cases the Synapse process may crash altogether. It is possible to exploit this
    maliciously, either by malicious users on the homeserver, or by remote users sending URLs that a local
    user's client may automatically request a URL preview for. Remote users are not able to exploit this
    directly, because the URL preview endpoint is authenticated. Deployments with `url_preview_enabled: false`
    set in configuration are not affected. Deployments with `url_preview_enabled: true` set in configuration
    **are** affected. Deployments with no configuration value set for `url_preview_enabled` are not affected,
    because the default is `false`. Administrators of homeservers with URL previews enabled are advised to
    upgrade to v1.61.1 or higher. Users unable to upgrade should set `url_preview_enabled` to false.
    (CVE-2022-31052)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://matrix.org/blog/2022/06/28/security-release-synapse-1-61-1");
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/07c0d782-f758-11ec-acaa-901b0e9408dc.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?cd4340a7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/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:L/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:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2022-31052");

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2022/06/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2022/06/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2022/06/29");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py310-matrix-synapse");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py311-matrix-synapse");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py37-matrix-synapse");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py38-matrix-synapse");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:py39-matrix-synapse");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
  script_end_attributes();

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

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  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
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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);


var flag = 0;

var packages = [
    'py310-matrix-synapse<1.61.1',
    'py311-matrix-synapse<1.61.1',
    'py37-matrix-synapse<1.61.1',
    'py38-matrix-synapse<1.61.1',
    'py39-matrix-synapse<1.61.1'
];

foreach var package( packages ) {
    if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg: package)) flag++;
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
    extra      : pkg_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

CVSS2

3.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

49.1%