cvsdb.py in viewvc did not honor an admin defined row limit which could cause high load on the database server. viewvc was updated to version 1.1.11 which fixes the issue (CVE-2009-5024).
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update viewvc-4599.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(75767);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-5024");
script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : viewvc (openSUSE-SU-2011:0529-1)");
script_summary(english:"Check for the viewvc-4599 patch");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"cvsdb.py in viewvc did not honor an admin defined row limit which
could cause high load on the database server. viewvc was updated to
version 1.1.11 which fixes the issue (CVE-2009-5024)."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694785"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00052.html"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:"Update the affected viewvc package."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:viewvc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/05/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/06/13");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
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");
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\.3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "11.3", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.3", reference:"viewvc-1.1.11-1.3.1") ) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "viewvc");
}