GDB tried to auto-load certain files (such as GDB scripts, Python scripts, and a thread debugging library) from the current working directory when debugging programs. This could result in the execution of arbitrary code with the userโs privileges when GDB was run in a directory that has untrusted content. (CVE-2011-4355)
With this update, GDB no longer auto-loads files from the current directory and only trusts certain system directories by default. The list of trusted directories can be viewed and modified using the โshow auto-load safe-pathโ and โset auto-load safe-pathโ GDB commands. Refer to the GDB manual, linked to in the References, for further information.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2013-159.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
{
script_id(69718);
script_version("1.5");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:34");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4355");
script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2013-159");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2013:0522");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : gdb (ALAS-2013-159)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"GDB tried to auto-load certain files (such as GDB scripts, Python
scripts, and a thread debugging library) from the current working
directory when debugging programs. This could result in the execution
of arbitrary code with the user's privileges when GDB was run in a
directory that has untrusted content. (CVE-2011-4355)
With this update, GDB no longer auto-loads files from the current
directory and only trusts certain system directories by default. The
list of trusted directories can be viewed and modified using the 'show
auto-load safe-path' and 'set auto-load safe-path' GDB commands. Refer
to the GDB manual, linked to in the References, for further
information."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2013-159.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Run 'yum update gdb' to update your system."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:gdb-gdbserver");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:amazon:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2013/03/02");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2013/09/04");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"gdb-7.2-60.13.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"gdb-debuginfo-7.2-60.13.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"gdb-gdbserver-7.2-60.13.amzn1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "gdb / gdb-debuginfo / gdb-gdbserver");
}