The Trustix developers discovered that the catchsegv and glibcbug utilities, part of the glibc package, created temporary files in an insecure manner. This could allow for a symlink attack to create or overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
#%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-2004:159.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(16076);
script_version("1.18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0968", "CVE-2004-1382");
script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2004:159");
script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : glibc (MDKSA-2004:159)");
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:
"The Trustix developers discovered that the catchsegv and glibcbug
utilities, part of the glibc package, created temporary files in an
insecure manner. This could allow for a symlink attack to create or
overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user invoking the
program.
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-debug");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-doc-pdf");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-i18ndata");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-profile");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-static-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-utils");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ldconfig");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:nptl-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:nscd");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:timezone");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/12/29");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/01/02");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 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:"glibc-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"glibc-debug-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"glibc-devel-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"glibc-doc-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"glibc-doc-pdf-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"glibc-i18ndata-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"glibc-profile-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"glibc-static-devel-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"glibc-utils-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"ldconfig-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"nptl-devel-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"nscd-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"timezone-2.3.3-12.8.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"glibc-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"glibc-debug-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"glibc-devel-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"glibc-doc-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"glibc-doc-pdf-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"glibc-i18ndata-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"glibc-profile-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"glibc-static-devel-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"glibc-utils-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"ldconfig-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"nptl-devel-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"nscd-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"timezone-2.3.3-23.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_note(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_note(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
mandriva | linux | glibc | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc |
mandriva | linux | glibc-debug | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-debug |
mandriva | linux | glibc-devel | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-devel |
mandriva | linux | glibc-doc | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-doc |
mandriva | linux | glibc-doc-pdf | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-doc-pdf |
mandriva | linux | glibc-i18ndata | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-i18ndata |
mandriva | linux | glibc-profile | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-profile |
mandriva | linux | glibc-static-devel | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-static-devel |
mandriva | linux | glibc-utils | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:glibc-utils |
mandriva | linux | ldconfig | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:ldconfig |