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Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:057 (valgrind)

🗓️ 02 Mar 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse .valgrindrc file in the current working directory. The updated packages have been patched to prevent this

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 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 OR GPL-3.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.63448");
  script_version("2023-07-18T05:05:36+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-18 05:05:36 +0000 (Tue, 18 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-03-02 19:11:09 +0100 (Mon, 02 Mar 2009)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4865");
  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("Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:057 (valgrind)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("Mandrake Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mandriva_mandrake_linux", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=MNDK_(2008\.0|2008\.1|2009\.0)");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A vulnerability has been identified and corrected in valgrind:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in valgrind before 3.4.0
allows local users to execute arbitrary programs via a Trojan horse
.valgrindrc file in the current working directory, as demonstrated
using a malicious --db-command options. NOTE: the severity of this
issue has been disputed, but CVE is including this issue because
execution of a program from an untrusted directory is a common
scenario. (CVE-2008-4865)

The updated packages have been patched to prevent this.

Affected: 2008.0, 2008.1, 2009.0");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:057");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to valgrind
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:057.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

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

res = "";
report = "";
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"valgrind", rpm:"valgrind~3.2.3~2.2mdv2008.0", rls:"MNDK_2008.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"valgrind", rpm:"valgrind~3.3.0~3.1mdv2008.1", rls:"MNDK_2008.1")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"valgrind", rpm:"valgrind~3.3.1~2.1mdv2009.0", rls:"MNDK_2009.0")) != NULL) {
    report += res;
}

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

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18 Jul 2023 00:00Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 27.2
EPSS0.00433
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