FreeBSD Ports: gnu-finger
🗓️ 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.Type
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 7 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GNU finger vulnerability | 21 Jul 199900:00 | – | freebsd | |
| CVE-1999-1165 | 12 Sep 200104:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-1999-1165 | 12 Sep 200104:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-1999-1146 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| FreeBSD : GNU finger vulnerability (610bc692-a2ad-11dc-900c-000bcdc1757a) | 7 Dec 200700:00 | – | nessus | |
| CVE-1999-1165 | 21 Jul 199904:00 | – | nvd | |
| FreeBSD Ports: gnu-finger | 4 Sep 200800:00 | – | openvas |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59978");
script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-09-04 20:41:11 +0200 (Thu, 04 Sep 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-1999-1165");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("FreeBSD Ports: gnu-finger");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdrel");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following package is affected: gnu-finger
CVE-1999-1165
GNU fingerd 1.37 does not properly drop privileges before accessing
user information, which could allow local users to (1) gain root
privileges via a malicious program in the .fingerrc file, or (2) read
arbitrary files via symbolic links from .plan, .forward, or .project
files.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.gnu.org/software/finger/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/610bc692-a2ad-11dc-900c-000bcdc1757a.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");
vuln = FALSE;
txt = "";
bver = portver(pkg:"gnu-finger");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.37_1")<=0) {
txt += 'Package gnu-finger version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
vuln = TRUE;
}
if(vuln) {
security_message(data:txt);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}Data
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