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Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120718)

2012-08-0100:00:00
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The glibc packages provide the standard C and standard math libraries used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function properly.

It was discovered that the formatted printing functionality in glibc did not properly restrict the use of alloca(). This could allow an attacker to bypass FORTIFY_SOURCE protections and execute arbitrary code using a format string flaw in an application, even though these protections are expected to limit the impact of such flaws to an application abort. (CVE-2012-3406)

This update also fixes the following bug :

  • If a file or a string was in the IBM-930 encoding, and contained the invalid multibyte character ‘0xffff’, attempting to use iconv() (or the iconv command) to convert that file or string to another encoding, such as UTF-8, resulted in a segmentation fault. With this update, the conversion code for the IBM-930 encoding recognizes this invalid character and calls an error handler, rather than causing a segmentation fault.

All users of glibc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to fix these issues.

#%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(61368);
  script_version("1.10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3406");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : glibc on SL5.x i386/x86_64 (20120718)");
  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:
"The glibc packages provide the standard C and standard math libraries
used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the
Linux system cannot function properly.

It was discovered that the formatted printing functionality in glibc
did not properly restrict the use of alloca(). This could allow an
attacker to bypass FORTIFY_SOURCE protections and execute arbitrary
code using a format string flaw in an application, even though these
protections are expected to limit the impact of such flaws to an
application abort. (CVE-2012-3406)

This update also fixes the following bug :

  - If a file or a string was in the IBM-930 encoding, and
    contained the invalid multibyte character '0xffff',
    attempting to use iconv() (or the iconv command) to
    convert that file or string to another encoding, such as
    UTF-8, resulted in a segmentation fault. With this
    update, the conversion code for the IBM-930 encoding
    recognizes this invalid character and calls an error
    handler, rather than causing a segmentation fault.

All users of glibc are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which contain backported patches to fix these issues."
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1207&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=5466
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?abb9952a"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-debuginfo-common");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-headers");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nscd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/02/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/07/18");
  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("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) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Scientific Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Scientific Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^5([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 5.x", "Scientific Linux " + 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 (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"glibc-2.5-81.el5_8.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"glibc-common-2.5-81.el5_8.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"glibc-debuginfo-2.5-81.el5_8.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"glibc-debuginfo-common-2.5-81.el5_8.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"glibc-devel-2.5-81.el5_8.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"glibc-headers-2.5-81.el5_8.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"glibc-utils-2.5-81.el5_8.4")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"nscd-2.5-81.el5_8.4")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "glibc / glibc-common / glibc-debuginfo / glibc-debuginfo-common / etc");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
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fermilabscientific_linuxglibc-commonp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-common
fermilabscientific_linuxglibc-debuginfop-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-debuginfo
fermilabscientific_linuxglibc-debuginfo-commonp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-debuginfo-common
fermilabscientific_linuxglibc-develp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-devel
fermilabscientific_linuxglibc-headersp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-headers
fermilabscientific_linuxglibc-utilsp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:glibc-utils
fermilabscientific_linuxnscdp-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:nscd
fermilabscientific_linuxx-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux