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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1398-1)

🗓️ 16 Mar 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'ldm' package(s) announced via the USN-1398-1 advisory. Discoveries have been made about the LTSP Display Manager (ldm) incorrectly filtering keybindings, which can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands as root at the login screen. Affected package(s) are on Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10. Install the updated package(s) as a vendor fix

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840943");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1166");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-03-16 05:21:24 +0000 (Fri, 16 Mar 2012)");
  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:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1398-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 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(11\.04|11\.10)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-1398-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1398-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'ldm' package(s) announced via the USN-1398-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Tenho Tuhkala discovered that the LTSP Display Manager (ldm) incorrectly
filtered keybindings. An attacker could use the default keybindings to
execute arbitrary commands as root at the login screen.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'ldm' package(s) on Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10.");

  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 == "UBUNTU11.04") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ldm", ver:"2:2.2.1-0ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU11.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU11.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"ldm", ver:"2:2.2.4-0ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU11.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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