The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cfengine' package(s) announced via the DSA-835-1 advisory. Insecure temporary file uses in cfengine can lead to symlink attacks and arbitrary file overwriting
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 30 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | CVE-2005-2960 | 5 Oct 200504:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | CVE-2005-3137 | 5 Oct 200504:00 | – | cvelist |
![]() | CVE-2005-3137 | 5 Oct 200519:02 | – | debiancve |
![]() | CVE-2005-2960 | 5 Oct 200519:02 | – | debiancve |
![]() | CVE-2005-2960 | 5 Oct 200519:02 | – | nvd |
![]() | CVE-2005-3137 | 5 Oct 200519:02 | – | nvd |
![]() | cfengine vulnerabilities | 10 Oct 200500:00 | – | ubuntu |
![]() | FreeBSD : cfengine -- arbitrary file overwriting vulnerability (8688d5cd-328c-11da-a263-0001020eed82) | 13 May 200600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-836-1 : cfengine2 - insecure temporary files | 5 Oct 200500:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-835-1 : cfengine - insecure temporary files | 5 Oct 200500:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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debian | www.debian.org/security/2005/DSA-835-1 |
security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-835 |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55498");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2960", "CVE-2005-3137");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:03:37 +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:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-835-1)");
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=DEB(3\.0|3\.1)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-835-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2005/DSA-835-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-835");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'cfengine' package(s) announced via the DSA-835-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena discovered several insecure temporary file uses in cfengine, a tool for configuring and maintaining networked machines, that can be exploited by a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the user executing cfengine, which is probably root.
For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.3-9woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.5-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your cfengine package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'cfengine' package(s) on Debian 3.0, Debian 3.1.");
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:"cfengine", ver:"1.6.3-9woody1", rls:"DEB3.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"cfengine-doc", ver:"1.6.3-9woody1", rls:"DEB3.0"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "DEB3.1") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"cfengine", ver:"1.6.5-1sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"cfengine-doc", ver:"1.6.5-1sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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