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SuSE 10 Security Update : YaST2 (ZYPP Patch Number 4623)

🗓️ 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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This fix addresses a yast2-core security bug allowing local attackers to execute malicious yast2 modules with root privileges by executing yast2 in an untrusted directory

Code
#%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(29613);
  script_version("1.16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/14");

  script_name(english:"SuSE 10 Security Update : YaST2 (ZYPP Patch Number 4623)");
  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:
"This update fixes a security bug in yast2-core that allowed local
attackers to provide malicious yast2 modules to yast2 that are
executed with root privileges. To trigger this vulnerability root has
to execute yast2 in an untrusted directory (i.e. /tmp). Thanks to
Stefan Nordhausen for reporting this to us."
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply ZYPP patch number 4623.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"risk_factor", value:"High");

  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:"2007/11/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2007/12/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2007-2021 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:1, reference:"yast2-core-2.13.41-0.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, reference:"yast2-core-2.13.41-0.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:1, reference:"yast2-core-devel-2.13.41-0.2")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");

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