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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gdm (MDVSA-2011:070)

🗓️ 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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The gdm package in Mandriva Linux 2010.1 is vulnerable to a local ownership change issu

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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-2011:070. 
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(53349);
  script_version("1.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-0727");
  script_bugtraq_id(47063);
  script_xref(name:"MDVSA", value:"2011:070");

  script_name(english:"Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : gdm (MDVSA-2011:070)");
  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:
"A vulnerability has been found and corrected in gdm :

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to
change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1)
dmrc or (2) face icon file under /var/cache/gdm/ (CVE-2011-0727).

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected gdm and / or gdm-user-switch-applet packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
  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:gdm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:gdm-user-switch-applet");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/04/08");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/04/11");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2021 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:"MDK2010.1", reference:"gdm-2.30.2-12.1mdv2010.2", yank:"mdv")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK2010.1", reference:"gdm-user-switch-applet-2.30.2-12.1mdv2010.2", 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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