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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4255-1)

🗓️ 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'ant' package in Debian 9 allows extraction of files outside a target directory, leading to potential file overwriting by a specially crafted Zip or Tar archive

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704255");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-10886");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-07-23 22:00:00 +0000 (Mon, 23 Jul 2018)");
  script_version("2024-01-12T16:12:11+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-01-12 16:12:11 +0000 (Fri, 12 Jan 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4255-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 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=DEB9");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-4255-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/DSA-4255-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4255");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/ant");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ant' package(s) announced via the DSA-4255-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Danny Grander reported that the unzip and untar tasks in ant, a Java based build tool like make, allow the extraction of files outside a target directory. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw by submitting a specially crafted Zip or Tar archive to an ant build to overwrite any file writable by the user running ant.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.9.9-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ant packages.

For the detailed security status of ant please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'ant' package(s) on Debian 9.");

  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 == "DEB9") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ant", ver:"1.9.9-1+deb9u1", rls:"DEB9"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ant-doc", ver:"1.9.9-1+deb9u1", rls:"DEB9"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ant-gcj", ver:"1.9.9-1+deb9u1", rls:"DEB9"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ant-optional", ver:"1.9.9-1+deb9u1", rls:"DEB9"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ant-optional-gcj", ver:"1.9.9-1+deb9u1", rls:"DEB9"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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