Max Vozeler found that the cdrecord program, which is suid root, fails to drop euid=0 when it exec()s a program specified by the user through the $RSH environment variable. This can be abused by a local attacker to obtain root privileges.
The updated packages are patched to fix the vulnerability.
#%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-2004:091.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(14680);
script_version("1.19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0806");
script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2004:091");
script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cdrecord (MDKSA-2004:091)");
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:
"Max Vozeler found that the cdrecord program, which is suid root, fails
to drop euid=0 when it exec()s a program specified by the user through
the $RSH environment variable. This can be abused by a local attacker
to obtain root privileges.
The updated packages are patched to fix the vulnerability."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cdrecord");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cdrecord-cdda2wav");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cdrecord-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mkisofs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/09/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/09/08");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"cdrecord-2.01-0.a28.2.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"cdrecord-cdda2wav-2.01-0.a28.2.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"cdrecord-devel-2.01-0.a28.2.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"mkisofs-2.01-0.a28.2.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.2", reference:"cdrecord-2.01-0.a18.2.1.92mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.2", reference:"cdrecord-cdda2wav-2.01-0.a18.2.1.92mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.2", reference:"cdrecord-devel-2.01-0.a18.2.1.92mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.2", reference:"mkisofs-2.01-0.a18.2.1.92mdk", 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");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
mandriva | linux | cdrecord | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cdrecord |
mandriva | linux | cdrecord-cdda2wav | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cdrecord-cdda2wav |
mandriva | linux | cdrecord-devel | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cdrecord-devel |
mandriva | linux | mkisofs | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:mkisofs |
mandrakesoft | mandrake_linux | 10.0 | cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0 |
mandrakesoft | mandrake_linux | 9.2 | cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2 |