Barracuda Web Application Firewall 600 v7.6.0.028 filter information disclosure

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Barracuda Web Application Firewall 600 v7.6.0.028 (Firewall Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument filter with the input value ../ leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

script/katello-generate-passphrase in Katello 1.1 uses world-readable permissions for /etc/katello/secure/passphrase, which allows local users to obtain the passphrase by reading the file.

The weakness was shared 03/07/2012 by Benjamin Kunz Mejri (Rem0ve) with Vulnerability Research Laboratory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vulnerability-lab.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-5561 since 10/24/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at vulnerability-lab.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 18 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65172 (RHEL 6 : Subscription Asset Manager (RHSA-2013:0544)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (82273) and Tenable (65172). The entries 63660 and 63331 are related to this item.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 65172
Nessus Name: RHEL 6 : Subscription Asset Manager (RHSA-2013:0544)
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02/16/2012 🔍
02/19/2012 +3 days 🔍
03/05/2012 +15 days 🔍
03/07/2012 +2 days 🔍
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03/08/2012 +1 days 🔍
03/20/2012 +12 days 🔍
03/23/2012 +3 days 🔍
10/24/2012 +215 days 🔍
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03/01/2013 +7 days 🔍
03/10/2013 +9 days 🔍
03/28/2013 +18 days 🔍
03/22/2021 +2916 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: barracuda.com

Advisory: vulnerability-lab.com
Researcher: Benjamin Kunz Mejri (Rem0ve)
Organization: Vulnerability Research Laboratory
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-5561 (🔍)
X-Force: 82273
SecurityTracker: 1026771 - Splunk Input Validation Flaw Permits Cross-Site Scripting Attacks
Vulnerability Center: 38959 - Katello 1.1 World-Readable Permissions for Passphrase Allows Local Information Disclosure, Low
SecurityFocus: 52360 - Barracuda WAF 660 'filter' Parameter Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 52360 - Red Hat update for Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 80285

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2012 12:00
Updated: 03/22/2021 09:34
Changes: 03/23/2012 12:00 (84), 04/26/2017 18:01 (7), 03/22/2021 09:34 (3)
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