OpenVAS Administrator 1.2 before 1.2.2 and 1.3 before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the OAP authentication restrictions and execute OAP commands via a crafted OAP request for version information, which causes the state to be set to CLIENT_AUTHENTIC.
Weakness
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Openvas_administrator | Openvas | 1.2-rc1 (including) | 1.2-rc1 (including) |
| Openvas_administrator | Openvas | 1.2.0 (including) | 1.2.0 (including) |
| Openvas_administrator | Openvas | 1.2.1 (including) | 1.2.1 (including) |
| Openvas_administrator | Openvas | 1.3-beta1 (including) | 1.3-beta1 (including) |
| Openvas_administrator | Openvas | 1.3-rc1 (including) | 1.3-rc1 (including) |
| Openvas_administrator | Openvas | 1.3.0 (including) | 1.3.0 (including) |
| Openvas_administrator | Openvas | 1.3.1 (including) | 1.3.1 (including) |
| Openvas-server | Ubuntu | lucid | * |
| Openvas-server | Ubuntu | precise | * |
| Openvas-server | Ubuntu | quantal | * |
| Openvas-server | Ubuntu | raring | * |
| Openvas-server | Ubuntu | saucy | * |
| Openvas-server | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Openvas-server | Ubuntu | utopic | * |
Potential Mitigations
Related Attack Patterns
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/114.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/115.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/151.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/194.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/22.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/57.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/593.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/633.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/650.html
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
References
- http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/openvas-announce/2013-November/000157.html
- http://www.openvas.org/OVSA20131108.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/10/2
- http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/openvas-announce/2013-November/000157.html
- http://www.openvas.org/OVSA20131108.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/10/2