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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200710-25 (mldonkey)

🗓️ 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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The Gentoo MLDonkey ebuild adds a user to the system with a valid login shell and no password. Change the p2p user's shell to disallow login

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58704");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5714");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_version("2023-07-19T05:05:15+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-19 05:05:15 +0000 (Wed, 19 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-24 21:14:03 +0200 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008)");
  script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200710-25 (mldonkey)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The Gentoo MLDonkey ebuild adds a user to the system with a valid login
shell and no password.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Change the p2p user's shell to disallow login. For example, as root run the
following command:

    # usermod -s /bin/false p2p

NOTE: updating to the current MLDonkey ebuild will not remove this
vulnerability, it must be fixed manually. The updated ebuild is to prevent
this problem from occurring in the future.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200710-25");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=189412");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200710-25.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
include("revisions-lib.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
report = "";
if ((res = ispkgvuln(pkg:"net-p2p/mldonkey", unaffected: make_list("ge 2.9.0-r3"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 2.9.0-r3"))) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

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

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24 Sep 2008 00:00Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS26.8
EPSS0.01239
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