Fernando Munoz discovered that invalid HTML input passed to tidy, an HTML syntax checker and reformatter, could trigger a buffer overflow.
This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Geoff McLane also discovered that a similar issue could trigger an integer overflow, leading to a memory allocation of 4GB. This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by saturating the target’s memory.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-3309. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(84837);
script_version("2.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-5522", "CVE-2015-5523");
script_bugtraq_id(75037);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"3309");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-3309-1 : tidy - 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:
"Fernando Munoz discovered that invalid HTML input passed to tidy, an
HTML syntax checker and reformatter, could trigger a buffer overflow.
This could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)
or potentially execute arbitrary code.
Geoff McLane also discovered that a similar issue could trigger an
integer overflow, leading to a memory allocation of 4GB. This could
allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service by saturating the
target's memory."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=792571"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/tidy"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/tidy"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3309"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the tidy packages.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been
fixed in version 20091223cvs-1.2+deb7u1.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed
in version 20091223cvs-1.4+deb8u1."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/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:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tidy");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/07/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/07/20");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2021 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:"7.0", prefix:"libtidy-0.99-0", reference:"20091223cvs-1.2+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"libtidy-dev", reference:"20091223cvs-1.2+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"tidy", reference:"20091223cvs-1.2+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"tidy-doc", reference:"20091223cvs-1.2+deb7u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libtidy-0.99-0", reference:"20091223cvs-1.4+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"libtidy-dev", reference:"20091223cvs-1.4+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"tidy", reference:"20091223cvs-1.4+deb8u1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"tidy-doc", reference:"20091223cvs-1.4+deb8u1")) 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");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | tidy | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tidy |
debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0 |
debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0 |