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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-3156

🗓️ 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux/Unix host has unpatched vulnerability CVE-2015-3156 affecting multiple database services.

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  - The _write_config function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/mongodb/service.py,
    reset_configuration function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/postgresql/service/config.py,
    write_config function in trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/redis/service.py, _write_mycnf function
    in trove/guestagent/datastore/mysql/service.py, InnoBackupEx::_run_prepare function in
    trove/guestagent/strategies/restore/mysql_impl.py, InnoBackupEx::cmd function in
    trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, MySQLDump::cmd in
    trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, InnoBackupExIncremental::cmd function in
    trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/mysql_impl.py, _get_actual_db_status function in
    trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/cassandra/system.py and
    trove/guestagent/datastore/experimental/cassandra/service.py, and multiple class CbBackup methods in
    trove/guestagent/strategies/backup/experimental/couchbase_impl.py in Openstack DBaaS (aka Trove) as
    packaged in Openstack before 2015.1.0 (aka Kilo) allows local users to write to configuration files via a
    symlink attack on a temporary file. (CVE-2015-3156)

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python3-trove"},
          {"reference": "trove-api"},
          {"reference": "trove-common"},
          {"reference": "trove-conductor"},
          {"reference": "trove-doc"},
          {"reference": "trove-guestagent"},
          {"reference": "trove-taskmanager"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-13": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "13",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python3-trove"},
          {"reference": "trove-api"},
          {"reference": "trove-common"},
          {"reference": "trove-conductor"},
          {"reference": "trove-doc"},
          {"reference": "trove-guestagent"},
          {"reference": "trove-taskmanager"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "python3-trove"},
          {"reference": "trove-api"},
          {"reference": "trove-common"},
          {"reference": "trove-conductor"},
          {"reference": "trove-doc"},
          {"reference": "trove-guestagent"},
          {"reference": "trove-taskmanager"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
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        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "openstack-trove"}
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      }
    ]
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        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "openstack-trove"}
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      }
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  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "openstack-trove"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-22.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "openstack-trove"}
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      }
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  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6": {
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    "constraints": [
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        "release": "6",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "openstack-trove"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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