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HistorySep 06, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : slrn (MDKSA-2001:028)

2012-09-0600:00:00
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22

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.008 Low

EPSS

Percentile

81.3%

A buffer overflow exists in versions of the slrn news reader prior to 0.9.6.3pl4 as reported by Bill Nottingham. This problem exists in the wrapping/unwrapping functions and a long header in a message might overflow a buffer which could result in execution of arbitrary code encoded in the message.

#%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-2001:028. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(61902);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2001-0441");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2001:028");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : slrn (MDKSA-2001:028)");
  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 buffer overflow exists in versions of the slrn news reader prior to
0.9.6.3pl4 as reported by Bill Nottingham. This problem exists in the
wrapping/unwrapping functions and a long header in a message might
overflow a buffer which could result in execution of arbitrary code
encoded in the message."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected slrn and / or slrn-pull packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:slrn");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:slrn-pull");
  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:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2001/03/09");
  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:"slrn-0.9.6.3-10.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"slrn-pull-0.9.6.3-10.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"slrn-0.9.6.3-10.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK6.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"slrn-pull-0.9.6.3-10.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"slrn-0.9.6.3-10.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"slrn-pull-0.9.6.3-10.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"slrn-0.9.6.3-10.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"slrn-pull-0.9.6.3-10.2mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"slrn-0.9.6.3-10.1mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK7.2", cpu:"i386", reference:"slrn-pull-0.9.6.3-10.1mdk", 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");
VendorProductVersionCPE
mandrivalinuxslrnp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:slrn
mandrivalinuxslrn-pullp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:slrn-pull
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux6.0cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.0
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux6.1cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:6.1
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux7.0cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.0
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux7.1cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.1
mandrakesoftmandrake_linux7.2cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2

7.5 High

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

0.008 Low

EPSS

Percentile

81.3%

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