Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1500-1)

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60434");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0162");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-02-28 01:09:28 +0000 (Thu, 28 Feb 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:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1500-1)");
  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-1500-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/DSA-1500-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1500");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'splitvt' package(s) announced via the DSA-1500-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Mike Ashton discovered that splitvt, a utility to run two programs in a split screen, did not drop group privileges prior to executing xprop. This could allow any local user to gain the privileges of group utmp.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.5-9etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.6-4.

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

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'splitvt' 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:"splitvt", ver:"1.6.5-9etch1", rls:"DEB4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);