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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : inn (MDKSA-2000:023)

🗓️ 06 Sep 2012 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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A vulnerability exists when verifycancels is enabled in /etc/news/inn.conf. This vulnerability could be used to gain root access on any system with inn installed. This new version also does not install inews as setgid news or rnews as setuid root. Many other security paranoia fixes have been made as well

Code
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:023. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(61821);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2000:023");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : inn (MDKSA-2000:023)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A vulnerability exists when verifycancels is enabled in
/etc/news/inn.conf. This vulnerability could be used to gain root
access on any system with inn installed. This new version also does
not install inews as setgid news or rnews as setuid root. Many other
security paranoia fixes have been made as well."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected inews, inn and / or inn-devel packages."
  );
  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:mandriva:linux:inews");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:inn");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:inn-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2000/07/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/09/06");
  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:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"inews-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"inn-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"inn-devel-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"inews-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"inn-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"inn-devel-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"inews-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"inn-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"inn-devel-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"inews-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"inn-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"inn-devel-2.2.3-1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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