Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-543)

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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120446");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3215");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:26:36 +0000 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
  script_version("2022-01-07T14:04:51+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-01-07 14:04:51 +0000 (Fri, 07 Jan 2022)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-543)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2015-543");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2015-543.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'libcap-ng' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-543 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A flaw was found in the way seunshare, a utility for running executables under a different security context, used the capng_lock functionality of the libcap-ng library. The subsequent invocation of suid root binaries that relied on the fact that the setuid() system call, among others, also sets the saved set-user-ID when dropping the binaries' process privileges, could allow a local, unprivileged user to potentially escalate their privileges on the system.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libcap-ng' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "AMAZON") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libcap-ng", rpm:"libcap-ng~0.7.3~5.13.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libcap-ng-debuginfo", rpm:"libcap-ng-debuginfo~0.7.3~5.13.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libcap-ng-devel", rpm:"libcap-ng-devel~0.7.3~5.13.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libcap-ng-python", rpm:"libcap-ng-python~0.7.3~5.13.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libcap-ng-utils", rpm:"libcap-ng-utils~0.7.3~5.13.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);