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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2845-1)

🗓️ 18 Dec 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'sosreport' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.04, and Ubuntu 15.10 are affected by information disclosure and file handling vulnerabilities, leading to sensitive data leaks and potential file overwrite by local attackers

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.842570");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-3925", "CVE-2015-7529");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-12-18 04:44:37 +0000 (Fri, 18 Dec 2015)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:05+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:05 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 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_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:"2017-11-29 15:49:56 +0000 (Wed, 29 Nov 2017)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-2845-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 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(14\.04\ LTS|15\.04|15\.10)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-2845-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2845-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'sosreport' package(s) announced via the USN-2845-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Dolev Farhi discovered an information disclosure issue in SoS. If the
/etc/fstab file contained passwords, the passwords were included in the
SoS report. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-3925)

Mateusz Guzik discovered that SoS incorrectly handled temporary files. A
local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files
or gain access to temporary file contents containing sensitive system
information. (CVE-2015-7529)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'sosreport' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 15.04, Ubuntu 15.10.");

  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 == "UBUNTU14.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"sosreport", ver:"3.1-1ubuntu2.2", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU15.04") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"sosreport", ver:"3.2-2ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU15.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU15.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"sosreport", ver:"3.2-2ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU15.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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