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HistoryAug 01, 2012 - 12:00 a.m.

Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL3.x i386/x86_64

2012-08-0100:00:00
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A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling.
(CVE-2007-3848, Important)

A flaw was found in the IPv4 forwarding base. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2172, Important)

A flaw was found where a corrupted executable file could cause cross-region memory mappings on Itanium systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-4538, Moderate)

A flaw was found in the stack expansion when using the hugetlb kernel on PowerPC systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-3739, Moderate)

A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user to make ioctl calls to the driver that should be restricted to privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate)

As well, these updated packages fix the following bug :

  • a bug in the TCP header prediction code may have caused ‘TCP: Treason uncloaked!’ messages to be logged. In certain situations this may have lead to TCP connections hanging or aborting.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

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

if (description)
{
  script_id(60321);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4538", "CVE-2007-2172", "CVE-2007-3739", "CVE-2007-3848", "CVE-2007-4308");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : kernel on SL3.x i386/x86_64");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A flaw was found in the handling of process death signals. This
allowed a local user to send arbitrary signals to the suid-process
executed by that user. A successful exploitation of this flaw depends
on the structure of the suid-program and its signal handling.
(CVE-2007-3848, Important)

A flaw was found in the IPv4 forwarding base. This allowed a local
user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2007-2172, Important)

A flaw was found where a corrupted executable file could cause
cross-region memory mappings on Itanium systems. This allowed a local
user to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2006-4538, Moderate)

A flaw was found in the stack expansion when using the hugetlb kernel
on PowerPC systems. This allowed a local user to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2007-3739, Moderate)

A flaw was found in the aacraid SCSI driver. This allowed a local user
to make ioctl calls to the driver that should be restricted to
privileged users. (CVE-2007-4308, Moderate)

As well, these updated packages fix the following bug :

  - a bug in the TCP header prediction code may have caused
    'TCP: Treason uncloaked!' messages to be logged. In
    certain situations this may have lead to TCP connections
    hanging or aborting."
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0712&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=773
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d5694e67"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(20, 119, 399);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2007/12/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/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);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
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 (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"kernel-2.4.21-53.EL")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-53.EL")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"kernel-doc-2.4.21-53.EL")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-53.EL")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", cpu:"i386", reference:"kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21-53.EL")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"kernel-smp-2.4.21-53.EL")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-53.EL")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"kernel-source-2.4.21-53.EL")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-53.EL")) 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");
VendorProductVersionCPE
fermilabscientific_linuxx-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux