Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update…: Improper Control of Generation of Code
CVE-2024-9050 is a high-severity improper control of generation of code vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support from Red Hat, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.
What to do
- Check which version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support you run against the affected versions below, and install the vendor's latest release.
Affected products and versions
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- LowA basic user account is enough.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- HighData or code can be modified at will.
- Availability
- HighThe component can be taken down completely.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CNA (redhat.com).
Official description
A flaw was found in the libreswan client plugin for NetworkManager (NetkworkManager-libreswan), where it fails to properly sanitize the VPN configuration from the local unprivileged user. In this configuration, composed by a key-value format, the plugin fails to escape special characters, leading the application to interpret values as keys. One of the most critical parameters that could be abused by a malicious user is the `leftupdown`key. This key takes an executable command as a value and is used to specify what executes as a callback in NetworkManager-libreswan to retrieve configuration settings back to NetworkManager. As NetworkManager uses Polkit to allow an unprivileged user to control the system's network configuration, a malicious actor could achieve local privilege escalation and potential code execution as root in the targeted machine by creating a malicious configuration.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Improper Control of Generation of Code
The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Refactor your program so that you do not have to dynamically generate code.
- Run your code in a jail or similar sandbox environment that enforces strict boundaries between the process and the operating system. This may effectively restrict which code can be executed by your product. Examples include the Unix chroot jail and AppArmor. In general, managed code may provide some protection. This may not be a feasible solution, and it only limits the impact to the operating system; the rest of your application may still be subject to compromise. Be careful to avoid CWE-243 and other weaknesses related to jails.
- Use dynamic tools and techniques that interact with the product using large test suites with many diverse inputs, such as fuzz testing (fuzzing), robustness testing, and fault injection. The product's operation may slow down, but it should not become unstable, crash, or generate incorrect results.
More Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerabilities (CWE-94)
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Patches and release notes
Other references
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8312
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8338
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8352
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8353
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8354
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8355
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8356
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8357
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:8358
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9555
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9556
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9050
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2313828
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/25/1
- openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/25/1
Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Advanced Update Support
- 7.8 High severity
- 7.3 High severity
- 7.3 High severity
- 7.5 High severity
- 7.8 High severity
Recent Improper Control of Generation of Code vulnerabilities
- 8.8 High severity
- 9.8 Critical severity
- 8.8 High severity
- 8.3 High severity
- 9.8 Critical severity
- 7.5 High severity
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