6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
7.2 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
24.7%
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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2006.308.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-3378");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2022-08-26 07:43:23 +0000 (Fri, 26 Aug 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:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-308-1)");
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=UBUNTU(5\.04|5\.10|6\.06\ LTS)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-308-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-308-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'shadow' package(s) announced via the USN-308-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Ilja van Sprundel discovered that passwd, when called with the -f, -g,
or -s option, did not check the result of the setuid() call. On
systems that configure PAM limits for the maximum number of user
processes, a local attacker could exploit this to execute chfn,
gpasswd, or chsh with root privileges.
This does not affect the default configuration of Ubuntu.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'shadow' package(s) on Ubuntu 5.04, Ubuntu 5.10, Ubuntu 6.06.");
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 == "UBUNTU5.04") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"passwd", ver:"1:4.0.3-30.7ubuntu16.1", rls:"UBUNTU5.04"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU5.10") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"passwd", ver:"1:4.0.3-37ubuntu10", rls:"UBUNTU5.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU6.06 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"passwd", ver:"1:4.0.13-7ubuntu3.1", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);