Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1643-1)

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61711");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4440");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-10-08 22:42:36 +0000 (Wed, 08 Oct 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-1643-1)");
  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-1643-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/DSA-1643-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-1643");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'feta' package(s) announced via the DSA-1643-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Dmitry E. Oboukhov discovered that the 'to-upgrade' plugin of Feta, a simpler interface to APT, dpkg, and other Debian package tools creates temporary files insecurely, which may lead to local denial of service through symlink attacks.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.15+etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.4.16+nmu1.

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

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'feta' 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:"feta", ver:"1.4.15+etch1", rls:"DEB4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);