Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2004-014-02)
🗓️ 10 Sep 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
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| www.2004-014-02 | |
| slackware | www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53948");
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:2004-014-02)");
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(9\.0|9\.1|current)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SSA:2004-014-02");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.365791");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'INN' package(s) announced via the SSA:2004-014-02 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"INN (InterNetNews) is used to run a news (NNTP) server.
New INN packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, and -current.
These have been upgraded to inn-2.4.1 to fix a potentially
exploitable buffer overflow. All sites running INN should upgrade.
Here are the details from the Slackware 9.1 ChangeLog:
+--------------------------+
Wed Jan 14 11:58:58 PST 2004
patches/packages/inn-2.4.1-i486-1.tgz: Upgraded to inn-2.4.1.
From the inn-2.4.1 NEWS file:
* SECURITY: Handle the special filing of control messages into per-type
newsgroups more robust. This closes a potentially exploitable buffer
overflow. Thanks to Dan Riley for his excellent bug report.
(* Security fix *)
+--------------------------+");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'INN' package(s) on 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 == "SLK9.0") {
if(!isnull(res = isslkpkgvuln(pkg:"inn", ver:"2.4.1-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:"inn", ver:"2.4.1-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:"inn", ver:"2.4.1-i486-1", rls:"SLKcurrent"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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