Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-976-1)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.56279");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0224");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:07:13 +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-976-1)");
  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-976-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-976-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-976");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'libast, libast1' package(s) announced via the DSA-976-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Johnny Mast discovered a buffer overflow in libast, the library of assorted spiffy things, that can lead to the execution of arbitrary code. This library is used by eterm which is installed setgid uid which leads to a vulnerability to alter the utmp file.

For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.4-3woody2.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.6-0pre2003010606sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your libast packages.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'libast, libast1' 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:"libast1", ver:"0.4-3woody2", rls:"DEB3.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libast1-dev", ver:"0.4-3woody2", 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:"libast2", ver:"0.6-0pre2003010606sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"libast2-dev", ver:"0.6-0pre2003010606sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);