CVE-2017-9798 | AttackerKB

Description

Apache httpd allows remote attackers to read secret data from process memory if the Limit directive can be set in a user’s .htaccess file, or if httpd.conf has certain misconfigurations, aka Optionsbleed. This affects the Apache HTTP Server through 2.2.34 and 2.4.x through 2.4.27. The attacker sends an unauthenticated OPTIONS HTTP request when attempting to read secret data. This is a use-after-free issue and thus secret data is not always sent, and the specific data depends on many factors including configuration. Exploitation with .htaccess can be blocked with a patch to the ap_limit_section function in server/core.c.

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h00die (81)

March 25, 2020 12:20am UTC (4 years ago)

Ratings

Attacker Value

Very Low

Exploitability

Very High

Common in enterprise Easy to weaponize Unauthenticated No useful access Vulnerable in uncommon configuration

Technical Analysis

This vulnerability only happens when the Limit method is defined. This most likely isn’t very common in enterprise environments, and also the Limit method needs to be configured in an invalid way.
Pending all that is true, which is unlikely, its possible to send an OPTIONS HTTP request and get back arbitrary memory.
Unlike Heartbleed, we’re receiving back minimal memory and its also intermingled with the response.
From my testing, against a test server, no useful data was found. It’s possible a production server on a very busy website may have divulged more useful data, but it would have to be minimal due to the returned buffer size.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics

Data provided by the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)

Base Score:

7.5 High

Impact Score:

3.6

Exploitability Score:

3.9

Vector:

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV):

Network

Attack Complexity (AC):

Low

Privileges Required (PR):

None

User Interaction (UI):

None

Scope (S):

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C):

High

Integrity (I):

None

Availability (A):

None

Vendors

apache,
debian

Products

debian linux 7.0,
debian linux 8.0,
debian linux 9.0,
http server,
http server 2.4.0,
http server 2.4.1,
http server 2.4.10,
http server 2.4.12,
http server 2.4.16,
http server 2.4.17,
http server 2.4.18,
http server 2.4.2,
http server 2.4.20,
http server 2.4.23,
http server 2.4.25,
http server 2.4.26,
http server 2.4.27,
http server 2.4.3,
http server 2.4.4,
http server 2.4.6,
http server 2.4.7,
http server 2.4.9

Metasploit Modules

Apache Optionsbleed Scanner (https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/apache_optionsbleed.rb)

References

Canonical

CVE-2017-9798 (https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9798)

BID-100872 (http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100872)

BID-105598 (http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105598)

Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3113

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2882

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2972

https://support.apple.com/HT208331

SECTRACK-1039387 (http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039387)

https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03909en_us

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3475

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3240

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3195

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3018

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3239

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3476

https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#CVE-2017-9798

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3114

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3477

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180601-0003

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3194

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3193

DSA-3980 (http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3980)

EXPLOIT-DB-42745 (https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42745)

GLSA-201710-32 (https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-32)

[httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048743 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048742 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048743 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20190815 svn commit: r1048742 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-09

[httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058586 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058586 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058587 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20200401 svn commit: r1058587 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180601-0003/

EXPLOIT-DB-42745 (https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42745/)

[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/ (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073140 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073140 [4/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073139 [11/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/ (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r15f9aa4427581a1aecb4063f1b4b983511ae1c9935e2a0a6876dad3c@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1888194 [11/13] - /httpd/site/trunk/content/security/json/ (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfcf929bd33a6833e3f0c35eebdad70d5060665f9c4e17ea467c66770@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073146 [2/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073149 [1/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/ (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073149 [11/13] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/ security/json/ (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r6521a7f62276340eabdb3339b2aa9a38c5f59d978497a1f794af53be@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20210330 svn commit: r1073146 [3/3] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/cvejsontohtml.py security/vulnerabilities-httpd.xml security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc44594d4d6579b90deccd4536b5d31f099ef563df39b094be286b9e@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

[httpd-cvs] 20210606 svn commit: r1075470 [3/4] - in /websites/staging/httpd/trunk/content: ./ security/json/CVE-2020-13938.json security/vulnerabilities_13.html security/vulnerabilities_20.html security/vulnerabilities_22.html security/vulnerabilities_24.html (https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f@%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E)

Miscellaneous

https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/uploads/apache-2.2-optionsbleed-backport.patch

https://github.com/hannob/optionsbleed

https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.4.x/server/core.c?r1=1805223&r2=1807754&pathrev=1807754&view=patch

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/18/2

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9798

https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/29afdd2550b3d30a8defece2b95ae81edcf66ac9

https://blog.fuzzing-project.org/60-Optionsbleed-HTTP-OPTIONS-method-can-leak-Apaches-server-memory.html

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html

https://github.com/apache/httpd/commit/4cc27823899e070268b906ca677ee838d07cf67a

Rapid7

Technical Analysis