Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2004-154-02)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53927");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-09-10 23:34:21 +0000 (Mon, 10 Sep 2012)");
  script_version("2023-06-20T05:05:20+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-06-20 05:05:20 +0000 (Tue, 20 Jun 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_name("Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2004-154-02)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Slackware Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/slackware_linux", "ssh/login/slackpack", re:"ssh/login/release=SLK(8\.1|9\.0|9\.1|current)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SSA:2004-154-02");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.419765");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'PHP' package(s) announced via the SSA:2004-154-02 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"New PHP packages are available for Slackware 8.1, 9.0, 9.1, and -current
to fix a security issue. These fix a problem in previous Slackware php
packages where linking PHP against a static library in an insecure path
(under /tmp) could allow a local attacker to place shared libraries at
this location causing PHP to crash, or to execute arbitrary code as the
PHP user (which is by default, 'nobody').

Thanks to Bryce Nichols for researching and reporting this issue.


Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
Wed Jun 2 11:28:17 PDT 2004
patches/packages/php-4.3.6-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to php-4.3.6. This is
 compiled with c-client.a in /usr/local/lib/c-client/ to fix a problem in
 previous php packages where linking against the library in a path under
 /tmp caused an ELF rpath to this location to be built into the PHP binaries.
 A local attacker could (by placing shared libraries in this location) either
 crash PHP or cause arbitrary code to be executed as the PHP user (typically
 'nobody'). Thanks to Bryce Nichols for discovering this issue and bringing
 it to my attention.
 (* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'PHP' package(s) on Slackware 8.1, Slackware 9.0, Slackware 9.1, Slackware current.");

  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-slack.inc");

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "SLK8.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isslkpkgvuln(pkg:"php", ver:"4.3.6-i386-1", rls:"SLK8.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "SLK9.0") {

  if(!isnull(res = isslkpkgvuln(pkg:"php", ver:"4.3.6-i386-1", rls:"SLK9.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "SLK9.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isslkpkgvuln(pkg:"php", ver:"4.3.6-i486-1", rls:"SLK9.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "SLKcurrent") {

  if(!isnull(res = isslkpkgvuln(pkg:"php", ver:"4.3.6-i486-4", rls:"SLKcurrent"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);