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GLSA-200504-09 : Axel: Vulnerability in HTTP redirection handling

2005-04-13T00:00:00
ID GENTOO_GLSA-200504-09.NASL
Type nessus
Reporter Tenable
Modified 2015-04-13T00:00:00

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200504-09 (Axel: Vulnerability in HTTP redirection handling)

A possible buffer overflow has been reported in the HTTP     redirection handling code in conn.c.

Impact :

A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by setting up a     malicious site and enticing a user to connect to it. This could     possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions     of the user running Axel.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.


                                        
                                            #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-09.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(18031);
  script_version("$Revision: 1.14 $");
  script_cvs_date("$Date: 2015/04/13 13:41:58 $");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0390");
  script_osvdb_id(15310);
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200504-09");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-200504-09 : Axel: Vulnerability in HTTP redirection handling");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200504-09
(Axel: Vulnerability in HTTP redirection handling)

    A possible buffer overflow has been reported in the HTTP
    redirection handling code in conn.c.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by setting up a
    malicious site and enticing a user to connect to it. This could
    possibly lead to the execution of arbitrary code with the permissions
    of the user running Axel.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-09"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Axel users should upgrade to the latest version:
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/axel-1.0b'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:axel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/04/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/04/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2005/04/06");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"net-misc/axel", unaffected:make_list("ge 1.0b"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 1.0b"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Axel");
}
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