Apache Wicket Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:apache:wicket";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.107117");
  script_version("2024-03-04T14:37:58+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6793");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-03-04 14:37:58 +0000 (Mon, 04 Mar 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-05-06 19:15:00 +0000 (Mon, 06 May 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-01-02 13:26:09 +0100 (Mon, 02 Jan 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
  script_name("Apache Wicket Denial-of-Service Vulnerability");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Apache Wicket is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Depending on the ISerializer set in the
  Wicket application, it's possible that a Wicket object deserialized from
  an untrusted source and utilized by the application causes the code to
  enter an infinite loop.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to cause the application to enter an infinite loop and consume excessive CPU resources,
  resulting in denial-of-service conditions.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Apache Wicket versions 6.x and 1.5.x are vulnerable.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to 1.5.17 or 6.25.0.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95168");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_apache_wicket_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Apache/Wicket/Installed");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE))
  exit(0);

if(!version = get_app_version(cpe:CPE, port:port))
  exit(0);

if(version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"1.5.0", test_version2:"1.5.16")) {
  fix = "1.5.17";
  VULN = TRUE;
}

else if(version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"6.0", test_version2:"6.24.0")) {
  fix = "6.25.0";
  VULN = TRUE;
}

if(VULN) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, fixed_version:fix);
  security_message(data:report, port:port);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);