Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1440-1)

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60073");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2007-5037");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:23:47 +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:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1440-1)");
  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=DEB4");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-1440-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2007/DSA-1440-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1440");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'inotify-tools' package(s) announced via the DSA-1440-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that a buffer overflow in the filename processing of the inotify-tools, a command-line interface to inotify, may lead to the execution of arbitrary code. This only affects the internal library and none of the frontend tools shipped in Debian.

The old stable distribution (sarge) does not provide inotify-tools.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.11-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your inotify-tools package.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'inotify-tools' package(s) on Debian 4.");

  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 == "DEB4") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"inotify-tools", ver:"3.3-2", rls:"DEB4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);