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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4285-1)

🗓️ 04 Sep 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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The Debian 'sympa' package in Debian 9 is missing an update, allowing the creation or modification of arbitrary files with privileges of sympa user or owner view list config files

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704285");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1000550");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-09-04 22:00:00 +0000 (Tue, 04 Sep 2018)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:06+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:06 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-08-20 12:56:31 +0000 (Mon, 20 Aug 2018)");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4285-1)");
  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-4285-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/DSA-4285-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4285");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/sympa");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'sympa' package(s) announced via the DSA-4285-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Michael Kaczmarczik discovered a vulnerability in the web interface template editing function of Sympa, a mailing list manager. Owner and listmasters could use this flaw to create or modify arbitrary files in the server with privileges of sympa user or owner view list config files even if edit_list.conf prohibits it.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 6.2.16~dfsg-3+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your sympa packages.

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

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'sympa' 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:"sympa", ver:"6.2.16~dfsg-3+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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