Executive Summary

Summary
Title noip-updater: Execution of arbitrary code
Informations
Name GLSA-200901-12 First vendor Publication 2009-01-18
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2009-01-18
Severity (Vendor) High Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.6 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A buffer overflow in noip-updater can lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

noip-updater is a tool used for updating IP addresses of dynamic DNS records at no-ip.com.

Description

xenomuta found out that the GetNextLine() function in noip2.c misses a length check, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.

Impact

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted HTTP message to the client. NOTE:
Successful exploitation requires a man in the middle attack, a DNS spoofing attack or a compromise of no-ip.com servers.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All noip-updater users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/noip-updater-2.1.9"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-5297 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5297

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-12.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200901-12.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18692
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18692
Title: DSA-1686-1 no-ip - arbitrary code execution
Description: A buffer overflow has been discovered in the HTTP parser of the No-IP.com Dynamic DNS update client, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1686-1
CVE-2008-5297
 Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): no-ip
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7996
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7996
Title: DSA-1686 no-ip -- buffer overflow
Description: A buffer overflow has been discovered in the HTTP parser of the No-IP.com Dynamic DNS update client, which may result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1686
CVE-2008-5297
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
 Product(s): no-ip
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 3

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-01-20 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200901-12 (noip-updater)
File : nvt/glsa_200901_12.nasl
2008-12-23 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1686-1 (no-ip)
File : nvt/deb_1686_1.nasl
2008-12-18 Name : No-IP DUC Remote code execution vulnerability
File : nvt/gb_noip_dns_bof_vuln.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
50554 No-IP Dynamic Update Client (DUC) Crafted DNS Response GetNextLine Function O...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-01-19 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200901-12.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-12-15 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1686.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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