This update fixes a local privilege escalation in udev.
CVE-2009-1185: udev did not check the origin of the netlink messages.
A local attacker could fake device create events and so gain root privileges.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update libudev-devel-768.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(40271);
script_version("1.16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1185");
script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : libudev-devel (libudev-devel-768)");
script_summary(english:"Check for the libudev-devel-768 patch");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"This update fixes a local privilege escalation in udev.
CVE-2009-1185: udev did not check the origin of the netlink messages.
A local attacker could fake device create events and so gain root
privileges."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493158"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected libudev-devel packages."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Linux udev Netlink Local Privilege Escalation');
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'CANVAS');
script_cwe_id(20);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libudev-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libudev0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvolume_id");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvolume_id-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvolume_id1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:udev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/04/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/07/21");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2009-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
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/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
if (release !~ "^(SUSE11\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "11.1", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);
flag = 0;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.1", reference:"libudev-devel-128-9.7.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.1", reference:"libudev0-128-9.7.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.1", reference:"libvolume_id-126-17.38.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.1", reference:"libvolume_id-devel-128-9.7.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.1", reference:"libvolume_id1-128-9.7.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.1", reference:"udev-128-9.7.1") ) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "udev");
}