Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : bash (MDVSA-2015:164)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 82417

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated bash packages fix security vulnerability :

A flaw was found in the way Bash evaluated certain specially crafted environment variables. An attacker could use this flaw to override or bypass environment restrictions to execute shell commands. Certain services and applications allow remote unauthenticated attackers to provide environment variables, allowing them to exploit this issue (CVE-2014-6271).

This vulnerability can be exposed and exploited through several other pieces of software and should be considered highly critical. Please refer to the RedHat Knowledge Base article and blog post for more information.

It was found that the fix for CVE-2014-6271 was incomplete, and Bash still allowed certain characters to be injected into other environments via specially crafted environment variables. An attacker could potentially use this flaw to override or bypass environment restrictions to execute shell commands. Certain services and applications allow remote unauthenticated attackers to provide environment variables, allowing them to exploit this issue (CVE-2014-7169).

Bash has been updated to version 4.2 patch level 50, which further mitigates ShellShock-type vulnerabilities. Two such issues have already been discovered (CVE-2014-6277, CVE-2014-6278).

See the RedHat article on the backward-incompatible changes introduced by the latest patch, caused by adding prefixes and suffixes to the variable names used for exporting functions. Note that the RedHat article mentions these variable names will have parentheses '()' at the end of their names, however, the latest upstream patch uses two percent signs '%%' at the end instead.

Two other unrelated security issues in the parser have also been fixed in this update (CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187).

All users and sysadmins are advised to update their bash package immediately.

Solution

Update the affected bash and / or bash-doc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 82417

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2015-164.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 3/30/2015

Updated: 12/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bash, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:bash-doc

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/29/2015

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 7/28/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (CUPS Filter Bash Environment Variable Code Injection (Shellshock))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-6277, CVE-2014-6278, CVE-2014-7169, CVE-2014-7186, CVE-2014-7187

IAVA: 2014-A-0142

MDVSA: 2015:164

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