7.2 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
6.6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703221");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-2831");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-04-11 22:00:00 +0000 (Sat, 11 Apr 2015)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:05+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:05 +0000 (Fri, 02 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-3221-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 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=DEB7");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-3221-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2015/DSA-3221-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3221");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'das-watchdog' package(s) announced via the DSA-3221-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Adam Sampson discovered a buffer overflow in the handling of the XAUTHORITY environment variable in das-watchdog, a watchdog daemon to ensure a realtime process won't hang the machine. A local user can exploit this flaw to escalate his privileges and execute arbitrary code as root.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.0-2+deb7u1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.9.0-3.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your das-watchdog packages.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'das-watchdog' package(s) on Debian 7.");
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 == "DEB7") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"das-watchdog", ver:"0.9.0-2+deb7u1", rls:"DEB7"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);