[R5] SecurityCenter 5.2.0 Affected by Third-party Library Vulnerabilities

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2015-8383   CVE-2015-8386   CVE-2015-8387   CVE-2015-8389   CVE-2015-8390   CVE-2015-8391   CVE-2015-8393   CVE-2015-8394   CVE-2015-83832016  

PHP bundles the Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) library for RegExp parsing, which SecurityCenter implements. PHP 5.6.18 was released that fixes a variety of issues in the bundled PCRE library, that includes: CVE-2015-8383 - PCRE RegExp Repeated Conditional Group Handling Buffer Overflow DoS CVE-2015-8386 - PCRE lookbehind Assertion Mutual Recursion Handling Stack Overflow DoS CVE-2015-8387 - PCRE RegExp Subroutine Call Handling Integer Overflow DoS CVE-2015-8389 - PCRE RegExp Pattern Handling Infinite Recursion DoS CVE-2015-8390 - PCRE RegExp Character Class Substring Handling Uninitialized Memory Read DoS CVE-2015-8393 - PCRE pcregrep Binary File -q Option Handling Information Disclosure CVE-2015-8394 - PCRE RegExp digits Conditions Handling Integer Overflow DoS CVE-2015-8391 - PCRE pcre_compile.c pcre_compile() Function RegExp Nesting Handling CPU Consumption DoS Due to the amount of time required to follow user input tracing to determine if these issues actually affect SecurityCenter, Tenable opted to upgrade PHP instead, as a precautionary measure. Note that the CVSS score in this advisory reflects the highest risk of the issues included, as it may potentially impact SecurityCenter. Please note that Tenable strongly recommends that SecurityCenter be installed on a subnet that is not Internet addressable.

Synopsis

PHP bundles the Perl-Compatible Regular Expressions (PCRE) library for RegExp parsing, which SecurityCenter implements. PHP 5.6.18 was released that fixes a variety of issues in the bundled PCRE library, that includes:

  • CVE-2015-8383 - PCRE RegExp Repeated Conditional Group Handling Buffer Overflow DoS
  • CVE-2015-8386 - PCRE lookbehind Assertion Mutual Recursion Handling Stack Overflow DoS
  • CVE-2015-8387 - PCRE RegExp Subroutine Call Handling Integer Overflow DoS
  • CVE-2015-8389 - PCRE RegExp Pattern Handling Infinite Recursion DoS
  • CVE-2015-8390 - PCRE RegExp Character Class Substring Handling Uninitialized Memory Read DoS
  • CVE-2015-8393 - PCRE pcregrep Binary File -q Option Handling Information Disclosure
  • CVE-2015-8394 - PCRE RegExp digits Conditions Handling Integer Overflow DoS
  • CVE-2015-8391 - PCRE pcre_compile.c pcre_compile() Function RegExp Nesting Handling CPU Consumption DoS

Due to the amount of time required to follow user input tracing to determine if these issues actually affect SecurityCenter, Tenable opted to upgrade PHP instead, as a precautionary measure. Note that the CVSS score in this advisory reflects the highest risk of the issues included, as it may potentially impact SecurityCenter.

Please note that Tenable strongly recommends that SecurityCenter be installed on a subnet that is not Internet addressable.

Solution

Tenable has released a patch for all supported versions of SecurityCenter that addresses this vulnerability. This patch applies PHP 5.6.18, which bundles PCRE 8.38, which is not affected. This patch has been tested on SecurityCenter versions 5.0.2, 5.1.0, and 5.2.0. Further, when released, version 5.3.0 will include PHP 5.6.18.

The patch can be obtained from:

https://support.tenable.com/support-center/index.php?x=&mod_id=160

File	   		      md5sum
SC-201603.1-5.x-rh5-64.tgz	e4beebfb83b9b7928b6b61687d1129e4
SC-201603.1-5.x-rh6-64.tgz	eb983017056435d43d0ca4dc75b71010