Oxide use after free

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A vulnerability was found in Oxide (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as very critical. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Oxide allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, related to responding synchronously to permission requests.

The weakness was presented 05/13/2016 (Website). The advisory is available at ubuntu.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-1578 since 01/12/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/19/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 90826 (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-2955-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196454 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Oxide-qt Vulnerabilities (USN-2955-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (90826). See VDB-81542, VDB-81543, VDB-81545 and VDB-81549 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Oxide

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.6

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
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Class: Use after free
CWE: CWE-416 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 90826
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 15.10 / 16.04 LTS : oxide-qt vulnerabilities (USN-2955-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 65346
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for oxide-qt USN-2955-1
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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01/12/2016 🔍
04/27/2016 +106 days 🔍
05/02/2016 +5 days 🔍
05/13/2016 +11 days 🔍
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05/16/2016 +3 days 🔍
08/19/2022 +2286 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-2955-1
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-1578 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-1578
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87378
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/16/2016 09:39 AM
Updated: 08/19/2022 11:05 AM
Changes: 05/16/2016 09:39 AM (56), 11/26/2018 10:07 AM (12), 08/19/2022 11:05 AM (3)
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