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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : pwlib (MDKSA-2007:206)

🗓️ 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. A memory management flaw was discovered in PWLib, that an attacker could use to crash an application linked with it, such as Ekiga. Updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues

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#%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-2007:206. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(27624);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-4897");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2007:206");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : pwlib (MDKSA-2007:206)");
  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 memory management flaw was discovered in PWLib, that an attacker
could use to crash an application linked with it, such as Ekiga.

Updated packages have been patched to prevent these issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cwe_id(399);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pwlib1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pwlib1-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pwlib1-plugins");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pwlib1-plugins-avc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64pwlib1-plugins-dc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpwlib1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpwlib1-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpwlib1-plugins");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpwlib1-plugins-avc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpwlib1-plugins-dc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/11/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/05");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 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:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-1.10.2-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-devel-1.10.2-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-plugins-1.10.2-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-plugins-avc-1.10.2-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-plugins-dc-1.10.2-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-1.10.2-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-devel-1.10.2-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-plugins-1.10.2-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-plugins-avc-1.10.2-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-plugins-dc-1.10.2-2.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-1.10.5-1.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-devel-1.10.5-1.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-plugins-1.10.5-1.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-plugins-avc-1.10.5-1.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-plugins-dc-1.10.5-1.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-1.10.5-1.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-devel-1.10.5-1.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-plugins-1.10.5-1.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-plugins-avc-1.10.5-1.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-plugins-dc-1.10.5-1.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-1.10.10-2.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-devel-1.10.10-2.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-plugins-1.10.10-2.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-plugins-avc-1.10.10-2.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"lib64pwlib1-plugins-dc-1.10.10-2.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-1.10.10-2.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-devel-1.10.10-2.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-plugins-1.10.10-2.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-plugins-avc-1.10.10-2.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpwlib1-plugins-dc-1.10.10-2.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;


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

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