GLSA-201904-11 : Portage: Man-in-the-middle
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| security | www.security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-11 |
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201904-11.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2019 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(123983);
script_version("1.2");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/12 17:35:39");
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"201904-11");
script_name(english:"GLSA-201904-11 : Portage: Man-in-the-middle");
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-201904-11
(Portage: Man-in-the-middle)
A vulnerability was discovered in emerge-delta-webrsync and Portage that
did not properly validate the revocation status of GPG keys.
Impact :
A remote attacker could conduct a man-in-the-middle attack. Please
review the referenced bug for specific details.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-11"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"All emerge-delta-webrsync users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
'>=app-portage/emerge-delta-webrsync-3.7.4'
All Portage users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-apps/portage-2.3.22'"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"Medium");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:emerge-delta-webrsync");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:portage");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/04/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/04/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/04/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
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:"app-portage/emerge-delta-webrsync", unaffected:make_list("ge 3.7.4"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 3.7.4"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"sys-apps/portage", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.3.22"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.3.22"))) 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, "Portage");
}
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12 Aug 2019 17:35Current
5.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.6