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HistoryJul 13, 2005 - 12:00 a.m.

Slackware 9.1 / current : kernel security updates (SSA:2004-119-01)

2005-07-1300:00:00
This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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New kernel packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to fix security issues. Also available are new kernel modules packages (including alsa-driver), and a new version of the hotplug package for Slackware 9.1 containing some fixes for using 2.4.26 (and 2.6.x) kernel modules. The most serious of the fixed issues is an overflow in ip_setsockopt(), which could allow a local attacker to gain root access, or to crash or reboot the machine. This bug affects 2.4 kernels from 2.4.22 - 2.4.25. Any sites running one of those kernel versions should upgrade right away. After installing the new kernel, be sure to run ‘lilo’.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Slackware Security Advisory 2004-119-01. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Slackware Linux, Inc.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(18792);
  script_version("1.17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0394", "CVE-2004-0424");
  script_xref(name:"SSA", value:"2004-119-01");

  script_name(english:"Slackware 9.1 / current : kernel security updates (SSA:2004-119-01)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages 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 kernel packages are available for Slackware 9.1 and -current to
fix security issues. Also available are new kernel modules packages
(including alsa-driver), and a new version of the hotplug package for
Slackware 9.1 containing some fixes for using 2.4.26 (and 2.6.x)
kernel modules. The most serious of the fixed issues is an overflow in
ip_setsockopt(), which could allow a local attacker to gain root
access, or to crash or reboot the machine. This bug affects 2.4
kernels from 2.4.22 - 2.4.25. Any sites running one of those kernel
versions should upgrade right away. After installing the new kernel,
be sure to run 'lilo'."
  );
  # http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.659586
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c003686f"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:alsa-driver");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:hotplug");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-ide");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-modules");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-source");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/04/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2005/07/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2004/04/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2005-2021 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:"9.1", pkgname:"alsa-driver", pkgver:"0.9.8", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"3")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"9.1", pkgname:"hotplug", pkgver:"2004_01_05", pkgarch:"noarch", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"9.1", pkgname:"kernel-headers", pkgver:"2.4.26", pkgarch:"i386", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"9.1", pkgname:"kernel-ide", pkgver:"2.4.26", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"2")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"9.1", pkgname:"kernel-modules", pkgver:"2.4.26", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"9.1", pkgname:"kernel-source", pkgver:"2.4.26", pkgarch:"noarch", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;

if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"alsa-driver", pkgver:"1.0.4", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"2")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"kernel-headers", pkgver:"2.4.26", pkgarch:"i386", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"kernel-ide", pkgver:"2.4.26", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"kernel-modules", pkgver:"2.4.26", pkgarch:"i486", pkgnum:"1")) flag++;
if (slackware_check(osver:"current", pkgname:"kernel-source", pkgver:"2.4.26", pkgarch:"noarch", 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");
VendorProductVersionCPE
slackwareslackware_linuxalsa-driverp-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:alsa-driver
slackwareslackware_linuxhotplugp-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:hotplug
slackwareslackware_linuxkernel-headersp-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-headers
slackwareslackware_linuxkernel-idep-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-ide
slackwareslackware_linuxkernel-modulesp-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-modules
slackwareslackware_linuxkernel-sourcep-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:kernel-source
slackwareslackware_linuxcpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux
slackwareslackware_linux9.1cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1