Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1623-1)

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891623");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-20482");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2019-01-02 23:00:00 +0000 (Wed, 02 Jan 2019)");
  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:"1.9");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-02-14 17:42:25 +0000 (Thu, 14 Feb 2019)");

  script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1623-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2019 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=DEB8");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DLA-1623-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2018/DLA-1623-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'tar' package(s) announced via the DLA-1623-1 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 there was a potential denial of service vulnerability in tar, the GNU version of the tar UNIX archiving utility.

The --sparse argument looped endlessly if the file shrank whilst it was being read. Tar would only break out of this endless loop if the file grew again to (or beyond) its original end of file.

For Debian 8 Jessie, this issue has been fixed in tar version 1.27.1-2+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your tar packages.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'tar' package(s) on Debian 8.");

  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 == "DEB8") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tar", ver:"1.27.1-2+deb8u2", rls:"DEB8"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"tar-scripts", ver:"1.27.1-2+deb8u2", rls:"DEB8"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);