CentOS 3 : kdegraphics (CESA-2006:0648) - Nessus

High   Plugin ID: 22282

This page contains detailed information about the CentOS 3 : kdegraphics (CESA-2006:0648) Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

Plugin Overview


ID: 22282
Name: CentOS 3 : kdegraphics (CESA-2006:0648)
Filename: centos_RHSA-2006-0648.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2006-04-25
This Plugin Published: 2006-08-30
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-04
Plugin Version: 1.25
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Vulnerability Information


Severity: High
Vulnerability Published: 2006-04-25
Patch Published: 2006-08-28
CVE [?]: CVE-2006-2024, CVE-2006-2025, CVE-2006-2026, CVE-2006-3459, CVE-2006-3460, CVE-2006-3461, CVE-2006-3462, CVE-2006-3463, CVE-2006-3464, CVE-2006-3465
CPE [?]: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdegraphics, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdegraphics-devel
Exploited by Malware: True

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated kdegraphics packages that fix several security flaws in kfax are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, and 3.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kdegraphics package contains graphics applications for the K Desktop Environment.

Tavis Ormandy of Google discovered a number of flaws in libtiff during a security audit. The kfax application contains a copy of the libtiff code used for parsing TIFF files and is therefore affected by these flaws. An attacker who has the ability to trick a user into opening a malicious TIFF file could cause kfax to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-3459, CVE-2006-3460, CVE-2006-3461, CVE-2006-3462, CVE-2006-3463, CVE-2006-3464, CVE-2006-3465)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is not vulnerable to these issues as kfax uses the shared libtiff library which has been fixed in a previous update.

Users of kfax should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches and are not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected kdegraphics packages.

Public Exploits


Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB, GitHub)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the CentOS 3 : kdegraphics (CESA-2006:0648) vulnerability:

  1. Metasploit: exploit/apple_ios/email/mobilemail_libtiff
    [Apple iOS MobileMail LibTIFF Buffer Overflow]
  2. Metasploit: exploit/apple_ios/browser/safari_libtiff
    [Apple iOS MobileSafari LibTIFF Buffer Overflow]
  3. Exploit-DB: exploits/hardware/remote/16862.rb
    [EDB-16862: Apple iPhone MobileSafari LibTIFF - 'browser' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (1)]
  4. Exploit-DB: exploits/hardware/remote/16868.rb
    [EDB-16868: Apple iPhone MobileSafari LibTIFF - 'email' Remote Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (2)]
  5. Exploit-DB: exploits/hardware/remote/16869.rb
    [EDB-16869: iPhone MobileMail - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)]
  6. Exploit-DB: exploits/ios/remote/21868.rb
    [EDB-21868: Apple iOS Mobile Safari - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)]
  7. Exploit-DB: exploits/ios/remote/21869.rb
    [EDB-21869: Apple iOS Mobile Mail - LibTIFF Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)]
  8. GitHub: https://github.com/mudongliang/LinuxFlaw/tree/master/CVE-2006-2025
    [CVE-2006-2025]

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.

Risk Information


CVSS V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C/E:H/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS Base Score:7.8 (High)
Impact Subscore:6.9
Exploitability Subscore:10.0
CVSS Temporal Score:6.8 (Medium)
CVSS Environmental Score:NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:NA
Overall CVSS Score:6.8 (Medium)

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Plugin Source


This is the centos_RHSA-2006-0648.nasl nessus plugin source code. This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2006:0648 and 
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2006:0648 respectively.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(22282);
  script_version("1.25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-2024", "CVE-2006-2025", "CVE-2006-2026", "CVE-2006-3459", "CVE-2006-3460", "CVE-2006-3461", "CVE-2006-3462", "CVE-2006-3463", "CVE-2006-3464", "CVE-2006-3465");
  script_bugtraq_id(19287);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2006:0648");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 3 : kdegraphics (CESA-2006:0648)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated kdegraphics packages that fix several security flaws in kfax
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, and 3.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team.

The kdegraphics package contains graphics applications for the K
Desktop Environment.

Tavis Ormandy of Google discovered a number of flaws in libtiff during
a security audit. The kfax application contains a copy of the libtiff
code used for parsing TIFF files and is therefore affected by these
flaws. An attacker who has the ability to trick a user into opening a
malicious TIFF file could cause kfax to crash or possibly execute
arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-3459, CVE-2006-3460, CVE-2006-3461,
CVE-2006-3462, CVE-2006-3463, CVE-2006-3464, CVE-2006-3465)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 is not vulnerable to these issues as kfax
uses the shared libtiff library which has been fixed in a previous
update.

Users of kfax should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches and are not vulnerable to this issue."
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-August/013180.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a8196a8a"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-August/013181.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6c595bce"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2006-September/013195.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?282ae501"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected kdegraphics 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:H/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Apple iOS MobileMail LibTIFF Buffer Overflow');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_cwe_id(119, 189);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdegraphics");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdegraphics-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:3");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/04/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/08/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/08/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list");

  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/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 3.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", reference:"kdegraphics-3.1.3-3.10")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", reference:"kdegraphics-devel-3.1.3-3.10")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    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, "kdegraphics / kdegraphics-devel");
}

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

  • Linux / Unix:
    /opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/centos_RHSA-2006-0648.nasl
  • Windows:
    C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\centos_RHSA-2006-0648.nasl
  • Mac OS X:
    /Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/centos_RHSA-2006-0648.nasl

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How to Run


Here is how to run the CentOS 3 : kdegraphics (CESA-2006:0648) as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

  1. Click to start a New Scan.
  2. Select Advanced Scan.
  3. Navigate to the Plugins tab.
  4. On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
  5. On the left side table select CentOS Local Security Checks plugin family.
  6. On the right side table select CentOS 3 : kdegraphics (CESA-2006:0648) plugin ID 22282.
  7. Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
  8. Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl centos_RHSA-2006-0648.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a centos_RHSA-2006-0648.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - centos_RHSA-2006-0648.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state centos_RHSA-2006-0648.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References


BID | SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID: RHSA | Red Hat Security Advisory: CWE | Common Weakness Enumeration:
  • CWE-119 (Weakness) Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
  • CWE-189 (Category) Numeric Errors
See also: Similar and related Nessus plugins:
  • 21900 - CentOS 3 / 4 : libtiff (CESA-2006:0425)
  • 22161 - CentOS 3 / 4 : libtiff (CESA-2006:0603)
  • 22596 - Debian DSA-1054-1 : tiff - several vulnerabilities
  • 22679 - Debian DSA-1137-1 : tiff - several vulnerabilities
  • 21615 - GLSA-200605-17 : libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • 22165 - GLSA-200608-07 : libTIFF: Multiple vulnerabilities
  • 22125 - Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2006-004)
  • 21357 - Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libtiff (MDKSA-2006:082)
  • 23886 - Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : libtiff (MDKSA-2006:137)
  • 67398 - Oracle Linux 3 : libtiff (ELSA-2006-0603)
  • 67404 - Oracle Linux 3 : kdegraphics (ELSA-2006-0648)
  • 21365 - RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : libtiff (RHSA-2006:0425)
  • 22149 - RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : libtiff (RHSA-2006:0603)
  • 22293 - RHEL 2.1 / 3 : kdegraphics (RHSA-2006:0648)
  • 22236 - Slackware 10.0 / 10.1 / 10.2 / 9.0 / 9.1 / current : libtiff (SSA:2006-230-01)
  • 27334 - openSUSE 10 Security Update : libtiff (libtiff-1907)
  • 29512 - SuSE 10 Security Update : libtiff (ZYPP Patch Number 1908)
  • 21371 - Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 : tiff vulnerabilities (USN-277-1)
  • 27909 - Ubuntu 5.04 / 5.10 / 6.06 LTS : tiff vulnerabilities (USN-330-1)

Version


This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file centos_RHSA-2006-0648.nasl version 1.25. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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