CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
9.5%
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.55745");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-2959");
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:"4.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-870-1)");
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-870-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2005/DSA-870-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-870");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'sudo' package(s) announced via the DSA-870-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Tavis Ormandy noticed that sudo, a program that provides limited super user privileges to specific users, does not clean the environment sufficiently. The SHELLOPTS and PS4 variables are dangerous and are still passed through to the program running as privileged user. This can result in the execution of arbitrary commands as privileged user when a bash script is executed. These vulnerabilities can only be exploited by users who have been granted limited super user privileges.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.6-1.4.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.8p7-1.2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.8p9-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your sudo package.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'sudo' 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:"sudo", ver:"1.6.6-1.4", 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:"sudo", ver:"1.6.8p7-1.2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);