10 High
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
7.2 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.045 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.5%
LinuxConf is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10135");
script_version("2020-10-01T11:33:30+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2020-10-01 11:33:30 +0000 (Thu, 01 Oct 2020)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-09-28 09:12:43 +0000 (Mon, 28 Sep 2020)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"Mitigation");
script_cve_id("CVE-2000-0017");
script_name("LinuxConf Buffer Overflow Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("linuxconf_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("linuxconf/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"LinuxConf is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation may allow an attacker
to execute arbitrary commands on the target machine as the root user.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Disable Linuxconf access from the network by
using a firewall. If you do not need Linuxconf use the Linuxconf utility to disable it.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/Linuxconf_contains_remotely_exploitable_buffer_overflow.html");
exit(0);
}
CPE = "cpe:/a:jacques_gelinas:linuxconf";
include( "host_details.inc" );
include( "version_func.inc" );
if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) ) exit( 0 );
if( ! location = get_app_location( cpe: CPE, port: port ) ) exit( 0 );
report = "Linuxconf was detected on the target system.";
security_message( data: report, port: port );
exit( 0 );