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HistoryDec 13, 2011 - 12:00 a.m.

SuSE 11.1 Security Update : perf (SAT Patch Number 5417)

2011-12-1300:00:00
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The following perf tool bugs have been fixed :

  • it was issuing excessive number of gettimeofday calls creating noise when trying to measure performance.
    (bnc#607339)

  • it would consider a file named ‘config’ in the current-working-directory as containing perf configuration data, this fact could be exploited by a malicious user. (bnc#711414, CVE-2011-2905)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from SuSE 11 update information. The text itself is
# copyright (C) Novell, Inc.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(57127);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2905");

  script_name(english:"SuSE 11.1 Security Update : perf (SAT Patch Number 5417)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The following perf tool bugs have been fixed :

  - it was issuing excessive number of gettimeofday calls
    creating noise when trying to measure performance.
    (bnc#607339)

  - it would consider a file named 'config' in the
    current-working-directory as containing perf
    configuration data, this fact could be exploited by a
    malicious user. (bnc#711414, CVE-2011-2905)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607339"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711414"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2905.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply SAT patch number 5417.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perf");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/11/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/12/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2021 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/cpu", "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)11") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SuSE 11");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SuSE 11", cpu);

pl = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(pl) || int(pl) != 1) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SuSE 11.1");


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:1, reference:"perf-2.6.32.46-2.5.3.1")) 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");
VendorProductVersionCPE
novellsuse_linux11p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perf
novellsuse_linux11cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11