VDB-62501 · CVE-2012-1576 · BID 52675

atheme up to 7.0.0 User Account myuser_delete access control

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A vulnerability was found in atheme and classified as critical. This issue affects the function myuser_delete of the component User Account. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The myuser_delete function in libathemecore/account.c in Atheme 5.x before 5.2.7, 6.x before 6.0.10, and 7.x before 7.0.0-beta2 does not properly clean up CertFP entries when a user is deleted, which allows remote attackers to access a different user account or cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a login as a deleted user.

The weakness was released 10/01/2012 by Aaron (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-1576 since 03/12/2012. The attack may be initiated remotely. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62299 (GLSA-201209-09 : Atheme IRC Services: Denial of Service), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 7.0.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (62299).

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 62299
Nessus Name: GLSA-201209-09 : Atheme IRC Services: Denial of Service
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OpenVAS ID: 72426
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-09 (atheme)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: atheme 7.0.0
Patch: git.atheme.org

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03/12/2012 🔍
03/20/2012 +8 days 🔍
03/22/2012 +2 days 🔍
09/25/2012 +187 days 🔍
09/26/2012 +1 days 🔍
09/27/2012 +1 days 🔍
10/01/2012 +4 days 🔍
10/01/2012 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +904 days 🔍
12/14/2021 +2457 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Aaron
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-1576 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 36276 - Atheme IRC Services \x3C6.0.10 \x27myuser_delete()\x27 Function Flaw Allows Remote DoS or Bypass Restrictions, Medium
SecurityFocus: 52675 - Atheme IRC Services 'mycertfp_delete()' Function Security Bypass Vulnerability
Secunia: 48481 - Atheme "myuser_delete()" Certificate Fingerprint Handling Vulnerability, Less Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/14/2021 15:23
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (61), 04/17/2017 11:32 (13), 12/14/2021 15:17 (3), 12/14/2021 15:23 (1)
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