The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
The updated packages have been patched to fix this.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:165.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(37106);
script_version("1.13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2827");
script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2008:165");
script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDVSA-2008:165)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The rmtree function in lib/File/Path.pm in Perl 5.10 does not properly
check permissions before performing a chmod, which allows local users
to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
The updated packages have been patched to fix this."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cwe_id(264);
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:2008.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/08/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/04/23");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 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:"MDK2008.1", reference:"perl-5.10.0-13.1mdv2008.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.1", reference:"perl-base-5.10.0-13.1mdv2008.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.1", reference:"perl-devel-5.10.0-13.1mdv2008.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.1", reference:"perl-doc-5.10.0-13.1mdv2008.1", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2008.1", reference:"perl-suid-5.10.0-13.1mdv2008.1", 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");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
mandriva | linux | perl | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl |
mandriva | linux | perl-base | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-base |
mandriva | linux | perl-devel | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-devel |
mandriva | linux | perl-doc | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-doc |
mandriva | linux | perl-suid | p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-suid |
mandriva | linux | 2008.1 | cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1 |