CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
the freedesktop.org project reports :
A non-privileged X client can instruct X server running under root to open any file by creating own directory with ‘fonts.dir’, ‘fonts.alias’ or any font file being a symbolic link to any other file in the system. X server will then open it. This can be issue with special files such as /dev/watchdog.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
# copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
# disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
# published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
# RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
# in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
# distribution.
#
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(105335);
script_version("3.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-16611");
script_name(english:"FreeBSD : libXfont -- permission bypass when opening files through symlinks (08a125f3-e35a-11e7-a293-54e1ad3d6335)");
script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"the freedesktop.org project reports :
A non-privileged X client can instruct X server running under root to
open any file by creating own directory with 'fonts.dir',
'fonts.alias' or any font file being a symbolic link to any other file
in the system. X server will then open it. This can be issue with
special files such as /dev/watchdog."
);
# https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=7b377456f95d2ec3ead40f4fb74ea620191f88c8
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e747386a"
);
# https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/08a125f3-e35a-11e7-a293-54e1ad3d6335.html
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9dfab500"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libXfont");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:libXfont2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/11/25");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/12/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/12/18");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"libXfont<1.5.4")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"libXfont2<2.0.3")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
else security_note(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%