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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : nss_db (MDVSA-2010:077)

🗓️ 30 Jul 2010 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory for nss_db package. The update patches a vulnerability that allows local users to obtain sensitive information via symlink attack

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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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2010:077. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(48179);
  script_version("1.13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0826");
  script_bugtraq_id(39132);
  script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2010:077");

  script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : nss_db (MDVSA-2010:077)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A vulnerability has been found and corrected in nss_db :

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) Berkeley DB NSS module (aka
libnss-db) 2.2.3pre1 reads the DB_CONFIG file in the current working
directory, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information
via a symlink attack involving a setgid or setuid application that
uses this module (CVE-2010-0826).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected nss_db package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:ND");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:nss_db");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/04/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/07/30");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  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:"MDK2010.0", reference:"nss_db-2.2.3-0.pre1.6.1mdv2010.0", yank:"mdv")) flag++;


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

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