Max Vozeler discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the movemail utility in Emacs. If a user connects to a malicious POP server, an attacker can execute arbitrary code as the user running emacs.
The updated packages have been patched to correct the problem.
#%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-2005:038.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(16473);
script_version("1.18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0100");
script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2005:038");
script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : emacs (MDKSA-2005:038)");
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 discovered several format string vulnerabilities in the
movemail utility in Emacs. If a user connects to a malicious POP
server, an attacker can execute arbitrary code as the user running
emacs.
The updated packages have been patched to correct the problem."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected 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:emacs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs-X11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs-el");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs-leim");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs-nox");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xemacs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xemacs-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xemacs-el");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xemacs-extras");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xemacs-packages");
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:"2005/02/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/02/16");
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:"emacs-21.3-9.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"emacs-X11-21.3-9.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"emacs-el-21.3-9.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"emacs-leim-21.3-9.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"emacs-nox-21.3-9.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"xemacs-21.4.15-5.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"xemacs-devel-21.4.15-5.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"xemacs-el-21.4.15-5.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"xemacs-extras-21.4.15-5.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.0", reference:"xemacs-packages-21.4.15-5.1.100mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"emacs-21.3-15.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"emacs-X11-21.3-15.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"emacs-doc-21.3-15.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"emacs-el-21.3-15.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"emacs-leim-21.3-15.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"emacs-nox-21.3-15.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"xemacs-21.4.15-5.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"xemacs-devel-21.4.15-5.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"xemacs-el-21.4.15-5.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"xemacs-extras-21.4.15-5.1.101mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK10.1", reference:"xemacs-packages-21.4.15-5.1.101mdk", 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 | emacs | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs |
mandriva | linux | emacs-x11 | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs-x11 |
mandriva | linux | emacs-doc | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs-doc |
mandriva | linux | emacs-el | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs-el |
mandriva | linux | emacs-leim | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs-leim |
mandriva | linux | emacs-nox | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs-nox |
mandriva | linux | xemacs | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xemacs |
mandriva | linux | xemacs-devel | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xemacs-devel |
mandriva | linux | xemacs-el | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xemacs-el |
mandriva | linux | xemacs-extras | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xemacs-extras |