CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
Percentile
85.5%
It was discovered that Emacs did not account for precision when formatting integers. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly other unspecified actions. This issue does not affect Ubuntu 8.04.
(CVE-2007-6109)
Steve Grubb discovered that the vcdiff script as included in Emacs created temporary files in an insecure way when used with SCCS. Local users could exploit a race condition to create or overwrite files with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-1694).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-607-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(32187);
script_version("1.16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6109", "CVE-2008-1694");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"607-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04 LTS : emacs21, emacs22 vulnerabilities (USN-607-1)");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"It was discovered that Emacs did not account for precision when
formatting integers. If a user were tricked into opening a specially
crafted file, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly
other unspecified actions. This issue does not affect Ubuntu 8.04.
(CVE-2007-6109)
Steve Grubb discovered that the vcdiff script as included in Emacs
created temporary files in an insecure way when used with SCCS. Local
users could exploit a race condition to create or overwrite files with
the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2008-1694).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://usn.ubuntu.com/607-1/"
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cwe_id(59, 119);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs-el");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs-nox");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs21");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs21-bin-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs21-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs21-el");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs21-nox");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs22-bin-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs22-common");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs22-el");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs22-gtk");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:emacs22-nox");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:-:lts");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/05/06");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/05/09");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2008-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! ereg(pattern:"^(6\.06|7\.04|7\.10|8\.04)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 6.06 / 7.04 / 7.10 / 8.04", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"emacs21", pkgver:"21.4a-3ubuntu2.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"emacs21-bin-common", pkgver:"21.4a-3ubuntu2.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"emacs21-common", pkgver:"21.4a-3ubuntu2.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"emacs21-el", pkgver:"21.4a-3ubuntu2.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"6.06", pkgname:"emacs21-nox", pkgver:"21.4a-3ubuntu2.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"emacs", pkgver:"21.4a+1-2ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"emacs-el", pkgver:"21.4a+1-2ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"emacs-nox", pkgver:"21.4a+1-2ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"emacs21", pkgver:"21.4a+1-2ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"emacs21-bin-common", pkgver:"21.4a+1-2ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"emacs21-common", pkgver:"21.4a+1-2ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"emacs21-el", pkgver:"21.4a+1-2ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.04", pkgname:"emacs21-nox", pkgver:"21.4a+1-2ubuntu1.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs-el", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs-nox", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs21", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs21-bin-common", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs21-common", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs21-el", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs21-nox", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5ubuntu4.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs22", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs22-bin-common", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs22-common", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs22-el", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs22-gtk", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"7.10", pkgname:"emacs22-nox", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu5.2")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu10.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs21", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5.3ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs21-bin-common", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5.3ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs21-common", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5.3ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs21-el", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5.3ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs21-nox", pkgver:"21.4a+1-5.3ubuntu1.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs22", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu10.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs22-bin-common", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu10.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs22-common", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu10.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs22-el", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu10.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs22-gtk", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu10.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"8.04", pkgname:"emacs22-nox", pkgver:"22.1-0ubuntu10.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "emacs / emacs-el / emacs-nox / emacs21 / emacs21-bin-common / etc");
}