| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS 5 : sudo (CESA-2012:1149) | 8 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 5 : sudo (ELSA-2012-1149) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 5 : sudo (RHSA-2012:1149) | 8 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 5 : rhev-hypervisor5 (RHSA-2012:1185) | 8 Nov 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Scientific Linux Security Update : sudo on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120808) | 9 Aug 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| VMware ESX sudo Package Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2013-0007) (remote check) | 4 Mar 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| VMSA-2013-0007 : VMware ESX third-party update for Service Console package sudo | 31 May 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| sudo security update | 7 Aug 201217:20 | – | centos | |
| CVE-2012-3440 | 8 Aug 201210:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2012-3440 | 8 Aug 201210:00 | – | cvelist |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# Miracle Linux Security Advisory AXSA:2012-777:03.
##
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(284470);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3440");
script_name(english:"MiracleLinux 3 : sudo-1.7.2p1-14.AXS3.3 (AXSA:2012-777:03)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
AXSA:2012-777:03 advisory.
Sudo (superuser do) allows a system administrator to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability
to run some (or all) commands as root while logging all commands and arguments. Sudo operates on a per-
command basis. It is not a replacement for the shell. Features include: the ability to restrict what
commands a user may run on a per-host basis, copious logging of each command (providing a clear audit
trail of who did what), a configurable timeout of the sudo command, and the ability to use the same
configuration file (sudoers) on many different machines.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2012-3440
A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to
overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
Fixed bugs:
Previously, sudo escaped non-alphanumeric characters at the wrong place, which could interfere with the
authorization process. This has been fixed.
Sudo now uses SIG_SETMASK when resetting signal mask instead of SIG_UNBLOCK so that sudo can exit and
send the correct output.
Previously, updating the sudo package resulted in the sudoers line in /etc/nsswitch.conf being
removed. This has been fixed
Fixed a race condition in which a program executer by sudo could finish before sudo started waiting for
it, leaving the program as a zombie, and sudo waiting for it. This has been fixed.
Solved many regression problems introduced by previous updates leading to several services not starting.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/3315");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected sudo package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2012-3440");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"High");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2012/08/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/08/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/01/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sudo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Miracle Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/MiracleLinux/release", "Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'MIRACLE LINUX' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'MIRACLE LINUX');
if (! preg(pattern:"^3([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'MiracleLinux 3.x', 'MIRACLE LINUX ' + os_version);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu && 's390' >!< cpu && 'x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'MIRACLE LINUX', cpu);
var constraints = [
{
'release': '3',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'sudo-1.7.2p1-14.AXS3.3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'epoch':'0'}
]
}
];
var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');
var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
# Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
}
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
}
foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
reference = NULL;
sp = NULL;
_cpu = NULL;
el_string = NULL;
rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
epoch = NULL;
allowmaj = NULL;
exists_check = NULL;
cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
if (reference &&
## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
(!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'sudo');
}
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