SuSE 10 Security Update: Emacs (ZYPP Patch Number 5297) - Local attackers can execute arbitrary code
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 36 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | SuSE9 Security Update : Emacs (YOU Patch Number 12157) | 24 Sep 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : emacs (MDVSA-2008:153) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE 10 Security Update : emacs (emacs-5247) | 23 May 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SuSE 10 Security Update : Emacs (ZYPP Patch Number 5248) | 23 May 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 9 : xemacs-packages-extra-20070427-2.fc9 (2008-5446) | 24 Jun 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SuSE 10 Security Update : XEmacs (ZYPP Patch Number 5303) | 27 Jan 201100:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | SuSE 10 Security Update : XEmacs (ZYPP Patch Number 5250) | 2 Jun 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 8 : xemacs-packages-extra-20070427-2.fc8 (2008-5504) | 24 Jun 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE 10 Security Update : xemacs-packages (xemacs-packages-5249) | 23 May 200800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2008-2142 | 3 Mar 202500:00 | – | nessus |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) Novell, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(41503);
script_version("1.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2142");
script_name(english:"SuSE 10 Security Update : Emacs (ZYPP Patch Number 5297)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Xemacs automatically loaded fast-lock files which allowed local
attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user editing the associated
files. (CVE-2008-2142)"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2142.html"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply ZYPP patch number 5297.");
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:"cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2009/09/24");
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/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) exit(0, "Local checks are not enabled.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release")) exit(0, "The host is not running SuSE.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) exit(1, "Could not obtain the list of installed packages.");
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) exit(1, "Failed to determine the architecture type.");
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") exit(1, "Local checks for SuSE 10 on the '"+cpu+"' architecture have not been implemented.");
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, reference:"emacs-21.3-224.17")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, reference:"emacs-info-21.3-224.17")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:2, reference:"emacs-x11-21.3-224.17")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"emacs-21.3-224.17")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"emacs-el-21.3-224.17")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"emacs-info-21.3-224.17")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"emacs-nox-21.3-224.17")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:2, reference:"emacs-x11-21.3-224.17")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");
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