Remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host missing a security update for Gettext vulnerability (USN-4779-1) allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 17 |
---|---|---|---|---|
UbuntuCve | CVE-2015-8980 | 4 Nov 201900:00 | – | ubuntucve |
Prion | Code injection | 4 Nov 201921:15 | – | prion |
Ubuntu | Gettext vulnerability | 15 Mar 202100:00 | – | ubuntu |
phpMyAdmin | php-gettext code execution | 24 Jan 201700:00 | – | phpmyadmin |
Cvelist | CVE-2015-8980 | 4 Nov 201920:27 | – | cvelist |
OSV | php-gettext vulnerability | 15 Mar 202120:55 | – | osv |
OSV | phpMyAdmin-5.1.1-1.2 on GA media | 15 Jun 202400:00 | – | osv |
Tenable Nessus | FreeBSD : phpMyAdmin -- Multiple vulnerabilities (7721562b-e20a-11e6-b2e2-6805ca0b3d42) | 25 Jan 201700:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | phpMyAdmin 4.0.x < 4.0.10.19 / 4.4.x < 4.4.15.10 / 4.6.x < 4.6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (PMASA-2017-1 - PMASA-2017-7) | 11 Apr 201700:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | openSUSE Security Update : phpMyAdmin (openSUSE-2017-198) | 6 Feb 201700:00 | – | nessus |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4779-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <https://ubuntu.com/security/notices>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(183530);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/27");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8980");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"4779-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Gettext vulnerability (USN-4779-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
USN-4779-1 advisory.
Danilo Segan discovered that Gettext mishandled certain input. An attacker could use this vulnerability to
execute arbitrary code.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4779-1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected php-gettext package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2015-8980");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/01/24");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/03/15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/10/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:php-gettext");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2023-2024 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2023-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "ubuntu_pro_sub_detect.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include('debian_package.inc');
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled') ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/release');
if ( isnull(os_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu');
os_release = chomp(os_release);
if (! ('16.04' >< os_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Ubuntu 16.04', 'Ubuntu ' + os_release);
if ( ! get_kb_item('Host/Debian/dpkg-l') ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Ubuntu', cpu);
var ubuntu_pro_detected = get_kb_item('Host/Ubuntu/Pro/Services/esm-apps');
ubuntu_pro_detected = !empty_or_null(ubuntu_pro_detected);
var pro_caveat_needed = FALSE;
var pkgs = [
{'osver': '16.04', 'pkgname': 'php-gettext', 'pkgver': '1.0.11-2ubuntu0.1~esm1', 'ubuntu_pro': TRUE}
];
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var osver = NULL;
var pkgname = NULL;
var pkgver = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['osver'])) osver = package_array['osver'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgname'])) pkgname = package_array['pkgname'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['pkgver'])) pkgver = package_array['pkgver'];
var pro_required = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['ubuntu_pro'])) pro_required = package_array['ubuntu_pro'];
if (osver && pkgname && pkgver) {
if (ubuntu_check(osver:osver, pkgname:pkgname, pkgver:pkgver)) {
flag++;
if (!ubuntu_pro_detected && !pro_caveat_needed) pro_caveat_needed = pro_required;
}
}
}
if (flag)
{
var extra = '';
if (pro_caveat_needed) {
extra += 'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to packages only \n';
extra += 'available in Ubuntu ESM repositories. Access to these package security updates \n';
extra += 'require an Ubuntu Pro subscription.\n\n';
}
extra += ubuntu_report_get();
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : extra
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'php-gettext');
}
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