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

Scientific Linux Security Update : bash on SL4.x i386/x86_64

2012-08-0100:00:00
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It was found that certain scripts bundled with the Bash documentation created temporary files in an insecure way. A malicious, local user could use this flaw to conduct a symbolic link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files accessible to the victim running the scripts. (CVE-2008-5374)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

  • If a child process’s PID was the same as the PID of a previously ended child process, Bash did not wait for that child process. In some cases this caused ‘Resource temporarily unavailable’ errors. With this update, Bash recycles PIDs and waits for processes with recycled PIDs. (BZ#521134)

  • Bash’s built-in ‘read’ command had a memory leak when ‘read’ failed due to no input (pipe for stdin). With this update, the memory is correctly freed. (BZ#537029)

  • Bash did not correctly check for a valid multi-byte string when setting the IFS value, causing Bash to crash. With this update, Bash checks the multi-byte string and no longer crashes. (BZ#539536)

  • Bash incorrectly set locale settings when using the built-in ‘export’ command and setting the locale on the same line (for example, with ‘LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL’).
    With this update, Bash correctly sets locale settings.
    (BZ#539538)

#%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(60956);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5374");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : bash on SL4.x i386/x86_64");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"It was found that certain scripts bundled with the Bash documentation
created temporary files in an insecure way. A malicious, local user
could use this flaw to conduct a symbolic link attack, allowing them
to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files accessible to the victim
running the scripts. (CVE-2008-5374)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

  - If a child process's PID was the same as the PID of a
    previously ended child process, Bash did not wait for
    that child process. In some cases this caused 'Resource
    temporarily unavailable' errors. With this update, Bash
    recycles PIDs and waits for processes with recycled
    PIDs. (BZ#521134)

  - Bash's built-in 'read' command had a memory leak when
    'read' failed due to no input (pipe for stdin). With
    this update, the memory is correctly freed. (BZ#537029)

  - Bash did not correctly check for a valid multi-byte
    string when setting the IFS value, causing Bash to
    crash. With this update, Bash checks the multi-byte
    string and no longer crashes. (BZ#539536)

  - Bash incorrectly set locale settings when using the
    built-in 'export' command and setting the locale on the
    same line (for example, with 'LC_ALL=C export LC_ALL').
    With this update, Bash correctly sets locale settings.
    (BZ#539538)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=521134"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=537029"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539536"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=539538"
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1102&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=2085
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?83b1fe0c"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected bash package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_cwe_id(59);

  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:"2011/02/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01");
  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:"SL4", reference:"bash-3.0-27.el4")) 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");
VendorProductVersion
fermilabscientific_linux