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Debian DLA-2748-1 : tnef - LTS security update

🗓️ 24 Aug 2021 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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The Debian 9 host is affected by a vulnerability in the tnef package, allowing an attacker to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via a crafted winmail.dat attachment

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FreeBSD
tnef -- An attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an e-mail message
11 Nov 201900:00
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Circl
CVE-2019-18849
11 Feb 202410:01
circl
CNVD
tnef buffer overflow vulnerability (CNVD-2020-44298)
11 Nov 201900:00
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CVE-2019-18849
11 Nov 201903:21
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Cvelist
CVE-2019-18849
11 Nov 201903:21
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[SECURITY] [DLA 2005-1] tnef security update
29 Nov 201919:19
debian
Debian
[SECURITY] [DLA 2748-1] tnef security update
23 Aug 202114:52
debian
Debian CVE
CVE-2019-18849
11 Nov 201903:21
debiancve
Tenable Nessus
Debian DLA-2005-1 : tnef security update
3 Dec 201900:00
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Fedora 30 : tnef (2019-5f14b810f8)
5 Dec 201900:00
nessus
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dla-2748. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(152773);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-18849");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-2748-1 : tnef - LTS security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2748
advisory.

  - In tnef before 1.4.18, an attacker may be able to write to the victim's .ssh/authorized_keys file via an
    e-mail message with a crafted winmail.dat application/ms-tnef attachment, because of a heap-based buffer
    over-read involving strdup. (CVE-2019-18849)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/tnef");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2748");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18849");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/tnef");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the tnef packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.12-1.2+deb9u1.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-18849");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/11/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/08/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/08/24");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tnef");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('audit.inc');
include('debian_package.inc');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
var release = chomp(release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(9)\.[0-9]+", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 9.0', 'Debian ' + release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'release': '9.0', 'prefix': 'tnef', 'reference': '1.4.12-1.2+deb9u1'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var release = NULL;
  var prefix = NULL;
  var reference = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (release && prefix && reference) {
    if (deb_check(release:release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : deb_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'tnef');
}

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04 Dec 2023 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 24.3
CVSS 3.15.5
EPSS0.01203
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