The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'calife' package(s) announced via the DSA-461 advisory. A buffer overflow related to the getpass(3) library function in calife can lead to arbitrary code execution with root privileges
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 9 |
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![]() | CAN-2004-0188 | 6 Aug 202410:14 | – | cve |
![]() | CVE-2004-0188 | 1 Sep 200404:00 | – | cve |
![]() | calife - buffer overflow | 11 Mar 200400:00 | – | osv |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 461-1 (calife) | 17 Jan 200800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian DSA-461-1 : calife - buffer overflow | 29 Sep 200400:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | CVE-2004-0188 | 1 Sep 200404:00 | – | debiancve |
![]() | CVE-2004-0188 | 15 Mar 200405:00 | – | nvd |
![]() | CVE-2004-0188 | 1 Sep 200404:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 461-1] New calife packages fix buffer overflow | 11 Mar 200416:51 | – | debian |
Source | Link |
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debian | www.debian.org/security/2004/DSA-461 |
security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-461 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53159");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0188");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 21:41:51 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_version("2024-02-01T14:37:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-01 14:37:10 +0000 (Thu, 01 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-461)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB3\.0");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-461");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2004/DSA-461");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-461");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'calife' package(s) announced via the DSA-461 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Leon Juranic discovered a buffer overflow related to the getpass(3) library function in calife, a program which provides super user privileges to specific users. A local attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, given knowledge of a local user's password and the presence of at least one entry in /etc/calife.auth, to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.
For the current stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.4c-1woody1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.8.6-1.
We recommend that you update your calife package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'calife' package(s) on Debian 3.0.");
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-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB3.0") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"calife", ver:"2.8.4c-1woody1", rls:"DEB3.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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