CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
88.8%
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200810-01 (WordNet: Execution of arbitrary code)
Jukka Ruohonen initially reported a boundary error within the searchwn() function in src/wn.c. A thorough investigation by the oCERT team revealed several other vulnerabilities in WordNet:
Jukka Ruohonen and Rob Holland (oCERT) reported multiple boundary errors within the searchwn() function in src/wn.c, the wngrep() function in lib/search.c, the morphstr() and morphword() functions in lib/morph.c, and the getindex() in lib/search.c, which lead to stack-based buffer overflows.
Rob Holland (oCERT) reported two boundary errors within the do_init() function in lib/morph.c, which lead to stack-based buffer overflows via specially crafted 'WNSEARCHDIR' or 'WNHOME' environment variables.
Rob Holland (oCERT) reported multiple boundary errors in the bin_search() and bin_search_key() functions in binsrch.c, which lead to stack-based buffer overflows via specially crafted data files.
Rob Holland (oCERT) reported a boundary error within the parse_index() function in lib/search.c, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow via specially crafted data files.
Impact :
In case the application is accessible e.g. via a web server, a remote attacker could pass overly long strings as arguments to the 'wm' binary, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
A local attacker could exploit the second vulnerability via specially crafted 'WNSEARCHDIR' or 'WNHOME' environment variables, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with escalated privileges.
A local attacker could exploit the third and fourth vulnerability by making the application use specially crafted data files, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200810-01.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(34365);
script_version("1.15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2149", "CVE-2008-3908");
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200810-01");
script_name(english:"GLSA-200810-01 : WordNet: Execution of arbitrary code");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200810-01
(WordNet: Execution of arbitrary code)
Jukka Ruohonen initially reported a boundary error within the
searchwn() function in src/wn.c. A thorough investigation by the oCERT
team revealed several other vulnerabilities in WordNet:
Jukka Ruohonen and Rob Holland (oCERT) reported multiple boundary
errors within the searchwn() function in src/wn.c, the wngrep()
function in lib/search.c, the morphstr() and morphword() functions in
lib/morph.c, and the getindex() in lib/search.c, which lead to
stack-based buffer overflows.
Rob Holland (oCERT) reported two
boundary errors within the do_init() function in lib/morph.c, which
lead to stack-based buffer overflows via specially crafted
'WNSEARCHDIR' or 'WNHOME' environment variables.
Rob Holland
(oCERT) reported multiple boundary errors in the bin_search() and
bin_search_key() functions in binsrch.c, which lead to stack-based
buffer overflows via specially crafted data files.
Rob Holland
(oCERT) reported a boundary error within the parse_index() function in
lib/search.c, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow via specially
crafted data files.
Impact :
In case the application is accessible e.g. via a web server,
a remote attacker could pass overly long strings as arguments to the
'wm' binary, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
A local attacker could exploit the second vulnerability via
specially crafted 'WNSEARCHDIR' or 'WNHOME' environment variables,
possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code with escalated
privileges.
A local attacker could exploit the third and
fourth vulnerability by making the application use specially crafted
data files, possibly leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200810-01"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"All WordNet users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-dicts/wordnet-3.0-r2'"
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cwe_id(119);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:wordnet");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/10/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/10/08");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (qpkg_check(package:"app-dicts/wordnet", unaffected:make_list("ge 3.0-r2"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 3.0-r2"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "WordNet");
}