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HistoryNov 30, 2015 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DLA-350-1 : eglibc security update

2015-11-3000:00:00
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The strxfrm() function is vulnerable to integer overflows when computing memory allocation sizes (similar to CVE-2012-4412).
Furthermore since it fallbacks to use alloca() when malloc() fails, it is vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflows (similar to CVE-2012-4424).

Those issues have been fixed in Debian 6 Squeeze with eglibc 2.11.3-4+deb6u8. We recommend that you upgrade libc6 and other packages provided by eglibc.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

#%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-350-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(87071);
  script_version("2.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-350-1 : eglibc security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The strxfrm() function is vulnerable to integer overflows when
computing memory allocation sizes (similar to CVE-2012-4412).
Furthermore since it fallbacks to use alloca() when malloc() fails, it
is vulnerable to stack-based buffer overflows (similar to
CVE-2012-4424).

Those issues have been fixed in Debian 6 Squeeze with eglibc
2.11.3-4+deb6u8. We recommend that you upgrade libc6 and other
packages provided by eglibc.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2015/11/msg00011.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/eglibc"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected packages.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:eglibc-source");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glibc-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-dev-bin");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-amd64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-amd64");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-i386");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-i386");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-i686");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-pic");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-prof");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-xen");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnss-dns-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libnss-files-udeb");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:locales");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:locales-all");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:nscd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2015/11/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/11/30");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  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/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"eglibc-source", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"glibc-doc", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc-bin", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc-dev-bin", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6-amd64", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6-dbg", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6-dev", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6-dev-amd64", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6-dev-i386", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6-i386", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6-i686", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6-pic", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6-prof", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6-udeb", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libc6-xen", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libnss-dns-udeb", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"libnss-files-udeb", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"locales", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"locales-all", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"nscd", reference:"2.11.3-4+deb6u8")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxeglibc-sourcep-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:eglibc-source
debiandebian_linuxglibc-docp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:glibc-doc
debiandebian_linuxlibc-binp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-bin
debiandebian_linuxlibc-dev-binp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc-dev-bin
debiandebian_linuxlibc6p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6
debiandebian_linuxlibc6-amd64p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-amd64
debiandebian_linuxlibc6-dbgp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dbg
debiandebian_linuxlibc6-devp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev
debiandebian_linuxlibc6-dev-amd64p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-amd64
debiandebian_linuxlibc6-dev-i386p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libc6-dev-i386
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