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HistoryFeb 09, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian DSA-1718-1 : boinc - incorrect API usage

2009-02-0900:00:00
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It was discovered that the core client for the BOINC distributed computing infrastructure performs incorrect validation of the return values of OpenSSL’s RSA functions.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1718. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(35622);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-0126");
  script_bugtraq_id(33151);
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1718");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1718-1 : boinc - incorrect API usage");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was discovered that the core client for the BOINC distributed
computing infrastructure performs incorrect validation of the return
values of OpenSSL's RSA functions."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=511521"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1718"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the boinc packages.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 5.4.11-4+etch1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been
fixed in version 6.2.14-3."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(287);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:boinc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/02/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/02/09");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  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:"4.0", prefix:"boinc-client", reference:"5.4.11-4+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"boinc-dev", reference:"5.4.11-4+etch1")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"boinc-manager", reference:"5.4.11-4+etch1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxboincp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:boinc
debiandebian_linux4.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0