5.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.012 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.4%
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202009-17 (gpsd: Arbitrary code execution)
A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in gpsd on port 2947/TCP or crafted JSON inputs.
Impact :
A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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 202009-17.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2020 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(141067);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/16");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-17937");
script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"202009-17");
script_name(english:"GLSA-202009-17 : gpsd: Arbitrary code execution");
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-202009-17
(gpsd: Arbitrary code execution)
A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in gpsd on port 2947/TCP or
crafted JSON inputs.
Impact :
A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"All gpsd users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sci-geosciences/gpsd-3.18'");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-17937");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/03/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/09/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/09/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:gpsd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
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:"sci-geosciences/gpsd", unaffected:make_list("ge 3.18"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 3.18"))) 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, "gpsd");
}
5.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.1 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.012 Low
EPSS
Percentile
85.4%