Updated semi packages that fix vulnerabilities in flim temporary file handling are now available.
The semi package includes a MIME library for GNU Emacs and XEmacs used by the wl mail package.
Tatsuya Kinoshita discovered a vulnerability in flim, an emacs library for working with Internet messages included in the semi package.
Temporary files were being created without taking adequate precautions, and therefore a local user could potentially overwrite files with the privileges of the user running emacs. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2004-0422 to this issue.
Users of semi are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain a backported patch fixing this issue.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2004:344. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(14311);
script_version("1.30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0422");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2004:344");
script_name(english:"RHEL 2.1 : semi (RHSA-2004:344)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Updated semi packages that fix vulnerabilities in flim temporary file
handling are now available.
The semi package includes a MIME library for GNU Emacs and XEmacs used
by the wl mail package.
Tatsuya Kinoshita discovered a vulnerability in flim, an emacs library
for working with Internet messages included in the semi package.
Temporary files were being created without taking adequate
precautions, and therefore a local user could potentially overwrite
files with the privileges of the user running emacs. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the
name CVE-2004-0422 to this issue.
Users of semi are advised to upgrade to these packages, which contain
a backported patch fixing this issue."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2004-0422"
);
# http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-500
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-500"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004:344"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected semi and / or semi-xemacs packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:semi");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:semi-xemacs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/07/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/08/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/08/18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Red Hat" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Red Hat");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^2\.1([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Red Hat 2.1", "Red Hat " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "s390" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Red Hat", cpu);
yum_updateinfo = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/yum-updateinfo");
if (!empty_or_null(yum_updateinfo))
{
rhsa = "RHSA-2004:344";
yum_report = redhat_generate_yum_updateinfo_report(rhsa:rhsa);
if (!empty_or_null(yum_report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
extra : yum_report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit_message = "affected by Red Hat security advisory " + rhsa;
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, audit_message);
}
}
else
{
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", reference:"semi-1.14.3-8.72.EL.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"RHEL2.1", reference:"semi-xemacs-1.14.3-8.72.EL.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_NOTE,
extra : rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_package_caveat()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "semi / semi-xemacs");
}
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
redhat | enterprise_linux | semi | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:semi |
redhat | enterprise_linux | semi-xemacs | p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:semi-xemacs |
redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1 |