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HistoryApr 15, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

FreeBSD : mod_gnutls -- Infinite Loop on request read timeout (e8b20517-dbb6-11ed-bf28-589cfc0f81b0)

2023-04-1500:00:00
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freebsd
mod_gnutls
tls module
apache httpd
gnutls
denial of service
security advisory
vulnerability
cve-2023-25824

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.1%

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 e8b20517-dbb6-11ed-bf28-589cfc0f81b0 advisory.

  • Mod_gnutls is a TLS module for Apache HTTPD based on GnuTLS. Versions from 0.9.0 to 0.12.0 (including) did not properly fail blocking read operations on TLS connections when the transport hit timeouts. Instead it entered an endless loop retrying the read operation, consuming CPU resources. This could be exploited for denial of service attacks. If trace level logging was enabled, it would also produce an excessive amount of log output during the loop, consuming disk space. The problem has been fixed in commit d7eec4e598158ab6a98bf505354e84352f9715ec, please update to version 0.12.1. There are no workarounds, users who cannot update should apply the errno fix detailed in the security advisory. (CVE-2023-25824)

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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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(174391);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/04/19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-25824");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : mod_gnutls -- Infinite Loop on request read timeout (e8b20517-dbb6-11ed-bf28-589cfc0f81b0)");

  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 e8b20517-dbb6-11ed-bf28-589cfc0f81b0 advisory.

  - Mod_gnutls is a TLS module for Apache HTTPD based on GnuTLS. Versions from 0.9.0 to 0.12.0 (including) did
    not properly fail blocking read operations on TLS connections when the transport hit timeouts. Instead it
    entered an endless loop retrying the read operation, consuming CPU resources. This could be exploited for
    denial of service attacks. If trace level logging was enabled, it would also produce an excessive amount
    of log output during the loop, consuming disk space. The problem has been fixed in commit
    d7eec4e598158ab6a98bf505354e84352f9715ec, please update to version 0.12.1. There are no workarounds, users
    who cannot update should apply the errno fix detailed in the security advisory. (CVE-2023-25824)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  # https://mod.gnutls.org/browser/mod_gnutls/CHANGELOG?rev=17b2836dc3e27754159ffb098323a4cd4426192f
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f203d6eb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25824");
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/e8b20517-dbb6-11ed-bf28-589cfc0f81b0.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b72d9b0d");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/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:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-25824");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/02/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/04/15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/04/15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ap24-mod_gnutls");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


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 = [
    'ap24-mod_gnutls<0.12.1'
];

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

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : pkg_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
freebsdfreebsdap24-mod_gnutlsp-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ap24-mod_gnutls
freebsdfreebsdcpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

25.1%

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