#%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(101041);
script_version("3.12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/12/15");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-1000367", "CVE-2017-1000368");
script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : sudo on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20170623)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Security Fix(es) :
- It was found that the original fix for CVE-2017-1000367
was incomplete. A flaw was found in the way sudo parsed
tty information from the process status file in the proc
filesystem. A local user with privileges to execute
commands via sudo could use this flaw to escalate their
privileges to root. (CVE-2017-1000368)");
# https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1706&L=scientific-linux-errata&F=&S=&P=5804
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?279b944c");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected sudo, sudo-debuginfo and / or sudo-devel packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-1000368");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/06/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/06/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/06/26");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sudo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sudo-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sudo-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
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:"^7([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Scientific Linux 7.x", "Scientific Linux " + os_ver);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"sudo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_9")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p3-29.el6_9")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL6", reference:"sudo-devel-1.8.6p3-29.el6_9")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"sudo-1.8.6p7-23.el7_3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"sudo-debuginfo-1.8.6p7-23.el7_3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL7", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"sudo-devel-1.8.6p7-23.el7_3")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
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, "sudo / sudo-debuginfo / sudo-devel");
}
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