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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDKSA-2007:207)

🗓️ 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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 nessus
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The Perl package in Mandrake Linux 2007 and 2007.1 allows arbitrary code execution via a specially crafted regular expression, fixed in the updated packages

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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-2007:207. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(27642);
  script_version("1.15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5116");
  script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2007:207");

  script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDKSA-2007:207)");
  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:
"Tavis Ormandy and Will Drewry discovered a flaw in Perl's regular
expression engine. Specially crafted input to a regular expression can
cause Perl to improperly allocate memory, resulting in the possible
execution of arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running
Perl.

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:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_cwe_id(119);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-suid");
  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:"2007/11/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/11/06");
  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", reference:"perl-5.8.8-7.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"perl-base-5.8.8-7.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"perl-devel-5.8.8-7.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"perl-doc-5.8.8-7.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.0", reference:"perl-suid-5.8.8-7.1mdv2007.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"perl-5.8.8-10.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"perl-base-5.8.8-10.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"perl-devel-5.8.8-10.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"perl-doc-5.8.8-10.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2007.1", reference:"perl-suid-5.8.8-10.1mdv2007.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"perl-5.8.8-12.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"perl-base-5.8.8-12.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"perl-devel-5.8.8-12.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"perl-doc-5.8.8-12.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.0", reference:"perl-suid-5.8.8-12.1mdv2008.0", yank:"mdv")) 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");

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06 Jan 2021 00:00Current
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CVSS 27.5
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