CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2014.0026");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0979");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-01-28 10:58:44 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jan 2022)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:08+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:08 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0026)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Mageia Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/mageia_linux", "ssh/login/release", re:"ssh/login/release=MAGEIA3");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MGASA-2014-0026");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0026.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/07/5");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00048.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12238");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'lightdm-gtk-greeter' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0026 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Updated lightdm-gtk-greeter package fixes security vulnerability:
lightdm-gtk-greeter uses the lightdm-gobject API incorrectly and does not
handle lightdm_greeter_get_authentication_user() returning NULL when the
username of the previous authentication is invalid resulting in a NULL pointer
dereference in start_authentication(). This constitutes a local denial of
service which can be triggered by any unprivileged attacker requiring the
intervention of an administrator to restart lightdm (CVE-2014-0979).");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'lightdm-gtk-greeter' package(s) on Mageia 3.");
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-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "MAGEIA3") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"lightdm-gtk-greeter", rpm:"lightdm-gtk-greeter~1.3.1~6.1.mga3", rls:"MAGEIA3"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);