7.8 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.843 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.5%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66112");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-5925", "CVE-2008-7224");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-10-27 00:37:56 +0000 (Tue, 27 Oct 2009)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-851-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU6\.06\ LTS");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-851-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-851-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'elinks' package(s) announced via the USN-851-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Teemu Salmela discovered that Elinks did not properly validate input when
processing smb:// URLs. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious
website and had smbclient installed, a remote attacker could execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.
(CVE-2006-5925)
Jakub Wilk discovered a logic error in Elinks, leading to a buffer
overflow. If a user were tricked into viewing a malicious website, a remote
attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or possibly
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the
program. (CVE-2008-7224)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'elinks' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06.");
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 == "UBUNTU6.06 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"elinks", ver:"0.10.6-1ubuntu3.4", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"elinks-lite", ver:"0.10.6-1ubuntu3.4", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);