2.6 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.005 Low
EPSS
Percentile
77.5%
An updated gedit package that fixes a file name format string vulnerability is now available.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team
gEdit is a small text editor designed specifically for the GNOME GUI desktop.
A file name format string vulnerability has been discovered in gEdit.
It is possible for an attacker to create a file with a carefully crafted name which, when the file is opened, executes arbitrary instructions on a victim’s machine. Although it is unlikely that a user would manually open a file with such a carefully crafted file name, a user could, for example, be tricked into opening such a file from within an email client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1686 to this issue.
Users of gEdit should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2005:499 and
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2005:499 respectively.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(21832);
script_version("1.20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-1686");
script_bugtraq_id(13699);
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2005:499");
script_name(english:"CentOS 3 / 4 : gedit (CESA-2005:499)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"An updated gedit package that fixes a file name format string
vulnerability is now available.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the
Red Hat Security Response Team
gEdit is a small text editor designed specifically for the GNOME GUI
desktop.
A file name format string vulnerability has been discovered in gEdit.
It is possible for an attacker to create a file with a carefully
crafted name which, when the file is opened, executes arbitrary
instructions on a victim's machine. Although it is unlikely that a
user would manually open a file with such a carefully crafted file
name, a user could, for example, be tricked into opening such a file
from within an email client. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-1686 to this
issue.
Users of gEdit should upgrade to this updated package, which contains
a backported patch to correct this issue."
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-June/011819.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?151d6764"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-June/011820.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?204eba70"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-June/011829.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e9c89240"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-June/011830.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?16a9deea"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-June/011837.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7a71f614"
);
# https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2005-June/011843.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f573724d"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected gedit packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gedit");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gedit-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/05/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/06/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/07/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/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/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 3.x / 4.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", reference:"gedit-2.2.2-4.rhel3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", reference:"gedit-2.8.1-4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", reference:"gedit-devel-2.8.1-4")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "gedit / gedit-devel");
}