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Slackware current : sudo upgrade fixes a potential vulnerability

🗓️ 28 May 2011 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Slackware current: sudo upgrade fixes potential vulnerabilit

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#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the associated Slackware Security Advisory. The
# text itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(54854);
  script_version("$Revision: 1.5 $");
  script_cvs_date("$Date: 2013/06/01 00:36:11 $");

  script_name(english:"Slackware current : sudo upgrade fixes a potential vulnerability");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package in /var/log/packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Slackware host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"New sudo packages are available to fix a security problem which may
allow users to become root, or to execute arbitrary code as root."
  );
  # http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2002&m=slackware-security.309438
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f5eba3fc"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected sudo package.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:sudo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2002/04/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/05/28");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Slackware Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Slackware/release", "Host/Slackware/packages");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("slackware.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Slackware");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Slackware/packages")) 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$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Slackware", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"sudo", pkgver:"1.6.6", pkgarch:"i386", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;


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

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01 Jun 2013 00:36Current
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