615996 – (CVE-2017-7467) <net-dialup/minicom-2.7.1: Remote code exploit possibility

Bug 615996 (CVE-2017-7467) - <net-dialup/minicom-2.7.1: Remote code exploit possibility

Summary: <net-dialup/minicom-2.7.1: Remote code exploit possibility

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2017-7467

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-sec...
Whiteboard:	B2 [glsa cve glsa cleanup]
Keywords:	STABLEREQ

Depends on:
Blocks:

Reported:	2017-04-19 08:35 UTC by Kristian Fiskerstrand (RETIRED)
Modified:	2018-07-28 18:14 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

See Also:
Package list:	=net-dialup/minicom-2.7.1 alpha amd64 arm hppa ia64 ppc ppc64 sparc x86
Runtime testing required:	---

Flags:	stable-bot: sanity-check+

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Description Kristian Fiskerstrand (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-04-19 08:35:03 UTC

From $URL:
This is to announce a vulnerability that has just been fixed in minicom
2.7.1 released earlier today, and that had been found and fixed in
derived code in prl-vzvncserver (a Virtuozzo 7 component) earlier this
year.  minicom 2.7.1 is available for download at:
...
At least in the Fedora 23 package of minicom, this lets me adjust or
replace the termout function pointer.  If the variables were put in .bss
in the other order (perhaps by a different compiler), then ptr could be
overwritten, which is likely also exploitable.
...
As you can see, I am able to control the address to branch to.  Moreover,
on typical 64-bit little-endian there's partial ASLR (PIE) bypass due to
ability to keep most significant 32 bits of the function pointer intact.

Thus, this bug likely allows for remote code execution.

Comment 1 Yury German Gentoo Infrastructure

2017-04-19 22:50:03 UTC

This is a new 2.7.1 available at:
https://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/latestfile/3/minicom-2.7.1.tar.gz

Comment 2 Kristian Fiskerstrand (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-04-21 16:20:28 UTC

Arches, please stabilize

Comment 3 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-04-22 13:19:45 UTC

Stable for HPPA.

Comment 4 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2017-04-23 10:32:41 UTC

amd64 stable

Comment 5 Tobias Klausmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2017-04-24 12:45:18 UTC

Stable on alpha.

Comment 6 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2017-04-27 10:42:03 UTC

x86 stable

Comment 7 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2017-04-27 11:28:57 UTC

sparc stable

Comment 8 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2017-04-29 15:05:56 UTC

ppc stable

Comment 9 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2017-04-30 09:39:55 UTC

ppc64 stable

Comment 10 Yury German Gentoo Infrastructure

2017-04-30 12:21:04 UTC

Remaining arches are not part of security supported architectures, please stabilize when you have a chance. 
New GLSA Request filed.

Maintainer(s), please drop the vulnerable version(s).

Comment 11 Markus Meier gentoo-dev

2017-05-04 20:03:25 UTC

arm stable

Comment 12 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2017-06-06 20:05:25 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201706-13 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-13
by GLSA coordinator Kristian Fiskerstrand (K_F).

Comment 13 Sergei Trofimovich (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2018-07-28 18:14:29 UTC

commit bcaa18957c06935a5b13e654bb619fdfecb70751
Author: Tim Harder <radhermit@gentoo.org>
Date:   Thu Oct 12 00:40:27 2017 -0500

    net-dialup/minicom: stabilize 2.7.1