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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-75-1)

🗓️ 26 Aug 2022 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2022 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'cpio' package(s) in Ubuntu 4.10 allows any user to modify the created cpio archives due to world-writeable files

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23 Feb 202418:07
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29 Jan 200505:00
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10 Nov 200523:44
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[SECURITY] [DSA 664-1] New cpio packages fix insecure file permissions
2 Feb 200516:57
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[SECURITY] [DSA 664-1] New cpio packages fix insecure file permissions
2 Feb 200516:57
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# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2005.75.1");
  script_cve_id("CVE-1999-1572");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-08-26 07:43:23 +0000 (Fri, 26 Aug 2022)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:10+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:10 +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:P/I:N/A:N");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-75-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2022 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=UBUNTU4\.10");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-75-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-75-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'cpio' package(s) announced via the USN-75-1 advisory.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Recently it was discovered that cpio created world-writeable files
when used in -o/--create mode with giving an output file (with -O).
This allowed any user to modify the created cpio archives. Now cpio
respects the current umask setting of the user.

Note: This vulnerability has already been fixed in a very old version
of cpio, but the fix was never ported to the current version.
Therefore the CAN number was assigned to the year 1999.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'cpio' package(s) on Ubuntu 4.10.");

  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 == "UBUNTU4.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"cpio", ver:"2.5-1.1ubuntu0.1", rls:"UBUNTU4.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

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

exit(0);

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02 Feb 2024 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 22.1
EPSS0.00556
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