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GLSA-201709-20 : Postfix: Privilege escalation

🗓️ 25 Sep 2017 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201709-20 (Postfix: Privilege escalation). By default, Berkeley DB reads a DB_CONFIG configuration file from the current working directory. This is an undocumented behavior. A local attacker, by using a specially crafted DG_CONFIG file, could possibly escalate privileges to the root group

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Code
#%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 201709-20.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2017 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(103448);
  script_version("3.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");

  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201709-20");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-201709-20 : Postfix: 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-201709-20
(Postfix: Privilege escalation)

    By default, Berkeley DB reads a DB_CONFIG configuration file from the
      current working directory. This is an undocumented behavior.
  
Impact :

    A local attacker, by using a specially crafted DG_CONFIG file, could
      possibly escalate privileges to the root group.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-3.2.2.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-20"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"All Postfix users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-mta/postfix-3.1.6'"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/09/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/09/25");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2021 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:"mail-mta/postfix", unaffected:make_list("ge 3.1.6"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 3.1.6"))) 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, "Postfix");
}

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