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Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4839-1)

🗓️ 27 Jan 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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The Debian 'sudo' package in Debian 10 is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability, allowing local users to escalate privileges

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704839");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-3156");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-01-27 04:00:04 +0000 (Wed, 27 Jan 2021)");
  script_version("2024-08-08T05:05:41+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-08-08 05:05:41 +0000 (Thu, 08 Aug 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_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-02-03 19:42:10 +0000 (Wed, 03 Feb 2021)");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4839-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 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=DEB10");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DSA-4839-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/DSA-4839-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4839");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/sudo");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'sudo' package(s) announced via the DSA-4839-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The Qualys Research Labs discovered a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in sudo, a program designed to provide limited super user privileges to specific users. Any local user (sudoers and non-sudoers) can exploit this flaw for root privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.27-1+deb10u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your sudo packages.

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

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'sudo' package(s) on Debian 10.");

  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");
  script_xref(name:"CISA", value:"Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) catalog");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog");

  exit(0);
}

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

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "DEB10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"sudo", ver:"1.8.27-1+deb10u3", rls:"DEB10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"sudo-ldap", ver:"1.8.27-1+deb10u3", rls:"DEB10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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08 Aug 2024 00:00Current
8.5High risk
Vulners AI Score8.5
CVSS 27.2
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.99969
SSVC
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