The slock utility in Mageia 5 is susceptible to crash when verifying a password for a user without a valid shadow hash entry (CVE-2016-6866)
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 21 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | CVE-2016-6866 | 15 Feb 201719:59 | – | alpinelinux |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DLA 598-1] suckless-tools security update | 20 Aug 201614:44 | – | debian |
![]() | Fedora 24 : slock (2016-985b68721b) | 12 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 25 : slock (2016-1b7e66c08b) | 15 Nov 201600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DLA-598-1 : suckless-tools security update | 22 Aug 201600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 23 : slock (2016-7e817cbf55) | 12 Sep 201600:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Fedora Update for slock FEDORA-2016-1b7e66c08b | 7 Dec 201600:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-598-1) | 8 Mar 202300:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for slock FEDORA-2016-985b68721b | 10 Sep 201600:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for slock FEDORA-2016-7e817cbf55 | 10 Sep 201600:00 | – | openvas |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2016.0308");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6866");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-01-28 10:58:44 +0000 (Fri, 28 Jan 2022)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:09+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:09 +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:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-02-17 17:43:37 +0000 (Fri, 17 Feb 2017)");
script_name("Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2016-0308)");
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=MAGEIA5");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"MGASA-2016-0308");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0308.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19218");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/RZPEJQNVODYSI4WQXM5GQKXRO7TPK2VG/");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'slock' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2016-0308 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The slock utility is susceptible to crash when verifying a password for
a user without a valid shadow hash entry (CVE-2016-6866).");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'slock' package(s) on Mageia 5.");
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 == "MAGEIA5") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"slock", rpm:"slock~1.1~5.1.mga5", rls:"MAGEIA5"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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