The remote host is running a version of FreeBSD which contains a flaw in the syscons console driver.
There are boundary errors in the CONS_SCRSHOT ioctls that may allow a local attacker to read portions of the kernel memory, which may contain sensitive information.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
if ( ! defined_func("bn_random") ) exit(0);
include("compat.inc");
if(description)
{
script_id(15419);
script_version ("$Revision: 1.10 $");
script_bugtraq_id(11321);
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0919");
name["english"] = "FreeBSD : SA-04:15.syscons";
script_name(english:name["english"]);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote device is missing a vendor-supplied security patch" );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote host is running a version of FreeBSD which contains a flaw in the
syscons console driver.
There are boundary errors in the CONS_SCRSHOT ioctls that may allow a local
attacker to read portions of the kernel memory, which may contain sensitive
information." );
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/67710833-1626-11d9-bc4a-000c41e2cdad.html" );
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value: "2004/10/04");
script_cvs_date("$Date: 2010/10/06 01:50:04 $");
script_end_attributes();
summary["english"] = "Check for the version of the FreeBSD";
script_summary(english:summary["english"]);
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2010 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
family["english"] = "FreeBSD Local Security Checks";
script_family(english:family["english"]);
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");
exit(0);
}
include("freebsd_package.inc");
port = 0;
package = get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release");
if ( ! package ) exit(0);
if ( egrep(pattern:"FreeBSD-5\.", string:package) )
{
if ( pkg_cmp(pkg:package, reference:"FreeBSD-5.2.1_11") < 0 )
{
security_warning(port);
exit(0);
}
}