Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1278-1)

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58330");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2006-4250");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:17:11 +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-1278-1)");
  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-1278-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2007/DSA-1278-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1278");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'man-db' package(s) announced via the DSA-1278-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A buffer overflow has been discovered in the man command that could allow an attacker to execute code as the man user by providing specially crafted arguments to the -H flag. This is likely to be an issue only on machines with the man and mandb programs installed setuid.

For the stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-21sarge1.

For the upcoming stable distribution (etch) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.3-5.

We recommend that you upgrade your man-db package.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'man-db' 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:"man-db", ver:"2.4.2-21sarge1", rls:"DEB3.1"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);