The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201209-22 (libgssglue: Privilege escalation). libgssglue does not securely use getenv() when loading a library for a setuid application. A local attacker could gain escalated privileges. There is no known workaround at this time
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 29 |
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![]() | Fedora 17 : libgssglue-0.4-0.fc17 (2012-7971) | 18 Jun 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 16 : libgssglue-0.4-0.fc16 (2012-8067) | 11 Jun 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 6 : libgssapi (Unpatched Vulnerability) | 3 Jun 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 4 : libgssapi (Unpatched Vulnerability) | 3 Jun 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | RHEL 5 : libgssapi (Unpatched Vulnerability) | 3 Jun 202400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS : libgssglue vulnerability (USN-1612-1) | 16 Oct 201200:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : libgssglue (MDVSA-2013:043) | 20 Apr 201300:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2011-2709 | 3 Mar 202500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201209-22 (libgssglue) | 3 Oct 201200:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1612-1) | 16 Oct 201200:00 | – | openvas |
Source | Link |
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security | www.security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-22 |
cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201209-22.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(62364);
script_version("1.9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2709");
script_bugtraq_id(48490);
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201209-22");
script_name(english:"GLSA-201209-22 : libgssglue: Privilege escalation");
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-201209-22
(libgssglue: Privilege escalation)
libgssglue does not securely use getenv() when loading a library for a
setuid application.
Impact :
A local attacker could gain escalated privileges.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201209-22"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"All libgssglue users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-libs/libgssglue-0.4'"
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
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_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:libgssglue");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/09/28");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/28");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 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-libs/libgssglue", unaffected:make_list("ge 0.4"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 0.4"))) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = qpkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "libgssglue");
}
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