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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3337-1)

🗓️ 22 Jun 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType 
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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3337-1) advisory for 'valgrind' package. Handles string operations and parsing. Affected Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.843223");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2226", "CVE-2016-4487", "CVE-2016-4488", "CVE-2016-4489", "CVE-2016-4490", "CVE-2016-4491", "CVE-2016-4492", "CVE-2016-4493", "CVE-2016-6131");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-06-22 05:12:36 +0000 (Thu, 22 Jun 2017)");
  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:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-02-27 15:02:34 +0000 (Mon, 27 Feb 2017)");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3337-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 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|16\.04\ LTS|16\.10|17\.04)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-3337-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3337-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'valgrind' package(s) announced via the USN-3337-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that Valgrind incorrectly handled certain string
operations. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04
LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-2226)

It was discovered that Valgrind incorrectly handled parsing certain
binaries. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted binary, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause
Valgrind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-4487,
CVE-2016-4488, CVE-2016-4489, CVE-2016-4490, CVE-2016-4491, CVE-2016-4492,
CVE-2016-4493, CVE-2016-6131)");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'valgrind' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 16.10, Ubuntu 17.04.");

  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:"valgrind", ver:"1:3.10.1-1ubuntu3~14.5", rls:"UBUNTU14.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU16.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"valgrind", ver:"1:3.11.0-1ubuntu4.2", rls:"UBUNTU16.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU16.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"valgrind", ver:"1:3.12.0~svn20160714-1ubuntu2.1", rls:"UBUNTU16.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

if(release == "UBUNTU17.04") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"valgrind", ver:"1:3.12.0-1ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU17.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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