Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1217-1)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57588");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5778", "CVE-2006-6008");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:17:11 +0000 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
  script_version("2025-08-04T05:47:09+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-04 05:47:09 +0000 (Mon, 04 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1217-1)");
  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=DEB3\.1");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1217-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2006/DSA-1217-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1217");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'linux-ftpd' package(s) announced via the DSA-1217-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Paul Szabo discovered that the netkit ftp server switches the user id too late, which may lead to the bypass of access restrictions when running on NFS. This update also adds return value checks to setuid() calls, which may fail in some PAM configurations.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-20sarge2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-22.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-22.

We recommend that you upgrade your ftpd package.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'linux-ftpd' package(s) on 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 == "DEB3.1") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ftpd", ver:"0.17-20sarge2", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);