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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-252)

🗓️ 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'slocate' package(s) announced via the DSA-252 advisory. A buffer overflow in the setgid program slocate can be used to execute arbitrary code as group slocate. This can be used to alter the slocate database. For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6-1.3.1. The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected by this problem. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-1. We recommend that you upgrade your slocate package immediately

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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53328");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2003-0056");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 21:28:10 +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-252)");
  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-252");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2003/DSA-252");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-252");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'slocate' package(s) announced via the DSA-252 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A problem has been discovered in slocate, a secure locate replacement. A buffer overflow in the setgid program slocate can be used to execute arbitrary code as group slocate. This can be used to alter the slocate database.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6-1.3.1.

The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected by this problem.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.7-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your slocate package immediately.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'slocate' 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:"slocate", ver:"2.6-1.3.1", 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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