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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-919-1)

🗓️ 06 Apr 2010 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2010 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'emacs22, emacs23' package(s) in Ubuntu 8.04, 8.10, 9.04, 9.10 have a symlink race vulnerability allowing local attackers to read or append to another user's mailbox

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840409");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2010-0825");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-04-06 06:56:44 +0000 (Tue, 06 Apr 2010)");
  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:"4.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-919-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 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=UBUNTU(8\.04\ LTS|8\.10|9\.04|9\.10)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-919-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-919-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'emacs22, emacs23' package(s) announced via the USN-919-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Dan Rosenberg discovered that the email helper in Emacs did not correctly
check file permissions. A local attacker could perform a symlink race
to read or append to another user's mailbox if it was stored under a
group-writable group-'mail' directory.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'emacs22, emacs23' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04, Ubuntu 9.10.");

  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");

  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU8.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"emacs22-bin-common", ver:"22.1-0ubuntu10.2", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU8.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"emacs22-bin-common", ver:"22.2-0ubuntu2.8.10.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU9.04") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"emacs22-bin-common", ver:"22.2-0ubuntu2.9.04.1", rls:"UBUNTU9.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU9.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"emacs22-bin-common", ver:"22.2-0ubuntu6.2", rls:"UBUNTU9.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"emacs23-bin-common", ver:"23.1+1-4ubuntu3.2", rls:"UBUNTU9.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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