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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : perl (MDVSA-2008:165)

2009-04-2300:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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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");
VendorProductVersionCPE
mandrivalinuxperlp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl
mandrivalinuxperl-basep-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-base
mandrivalinuxperl-develp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-devel
mandrivalinuxperl-docp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-doc
mandrivalinuxperl-suidp-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:perl-suid
mandrivalinux2008.1cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.1